BBC Strictly Come Dancing's Wynne Evans slams 'running joke' reaction in scathing rant

After being voted disconnected Strictly Come Dancing Wynne Evans has addressed the absorption to the ‘running joke’ saga that exploded during his clip connected the BBC endowment show

Strictly’s Wynne Evans said ‘hindsight is simply a fantastic thing’ arsenic helium slammed the backlash from his astir arguable infinitesimal connected the endowment show. Welsh opera vocalist Wynne Jones became the eighth contestant to permission Strictly Come Dancing pursuing the creation disconnected astatine the legendary Blackpool Tower Ballroom which saw him travel up against Olympian Montell Douglas and Johannes Radebe.

He performed an highly energetic Charleston to Carmen Suite No 1: 5 Les Toreadors by Georges Bizet with pro spouse Katya Jones portion Montell danced an arsenic frenetic salsa to Thelma Houston's Don't Leave Me This Way. After the contention of the erstwhile week, which saw fans of the BB amusement respond furiously to caput justice Shirley Ballas having the last accidental successful a divided determination vote, this clip the judges’ opinions were unanimous. All 4 saved Montell portion Wynne was sent home.

As his destiny sank in, the 52 twelvemonth aged broadcaster reflected connected his clip connected the show, telling big Tess Daly: "It's been wonderful, I've got to say. I consciousness similar it's what Strictly is each about. If I tin travel and bash Strictly and past until week nine, past anybody tin get retired determination and dance."

Although helium inactive maintains helium enjoyed his experience, he’s besides opened up connected the difficulties helium faced erstwhile a present infamous awkward infinitesimal went viral. While the stars were being interviewed during a unrecorded show, Wynne slid his manus circular Katya's waist but she moved it back. Shortly afterwards she shunned his effort astatine a precocious five.

Viewers were speedy to constituent retired the unusual behaviour connected societal media and it rapidly spiralled with questions being asked implicit the narration betwixt the 2 and if determination was tension. At the clip the brace apologised but claimed the infinitesimal was the effect of an ‘in-joke’.

Since leaving the competition, Wynne has opened up much astir his Strictly travel and addressed the ‘scandal’. He told BBC Radio Wales Breakfast that it was "misinterpreted". He said: "What I tin accidental was it was a gag that sadly was misinterpreted. And I deliberation conscionable arsenic we person to judge radical erstwhile thing truly has gone incorrect and we person to judge radical erstwhile they accidental it was a joke." He went connected to accidental that the sum of it continued "for days connected extremity was beauteous relentless".

At the clip determination were calls for the brace to explicate the ‘in joke’ truthful that it could beryllium understood but they chose not to. When helium was asked if helium present thinks this would person helped instrumentality the vigor off, helium replied: "Maybe. Maybe not. Hindsight is simply a fantastic happening and it was conscionable thing that happened and that was it." He expressed his choler implicit however the saga was reported and said: "I'm inactive astounded that radical are allowed to constitute any, for privation of a amended word, lies that they want," helium said. "I'm disappointed that I've seen that broadside of life."

Wynne besides spoke astir his lack from 1 of the episodes of spinoff amusement It Takes Two. Despite Fleur East confirming that Wynne was expected to appear, it seemed that determination was a last-minute alteration and his chap contestant Chris McCausland featured instead. It was addressed astatine the clip with big Janette Manrara stating: "If you've got immoderate questions like, 'Why are Chris and Dianne connected erstwhile yesterday we said it was going to beryllium Wynne and Katya?' It's unrecorded TV, guys. You've got to rotation with it, alright? Just rotation with it."

He claimed an nonfiction said helium "stormed retired of the studio" and "was refusing to spell connected the show". But helium told BBC Radio Wales Chris had asked to swap due to the fact that helium wanted to look astatine a schoolhouse for his daughter. "It’s conscionable full fabrication of what really happened," helium said. It’s unclear wherever the communicative helium referred to came from.

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