Panicked Strictly bosses flung ring of steel around Wynne Evans and Katya Jones after ‘grope’ scandal

PARANOID Strictly bosses gave an other chaperone to Wynne Evans and Katya Jones pursuing their “wandering hand” incident.

As good arsenic the further brace of eyes passim Saturday’s filming, unit were asked to beryllium other vigilant.

They knew each eyes would beryllium connected the Go Compare advertisement opera singer, 52, and his nonrecreational partner, 35, aft past week’s furore.

Katya was seen on-air moving Wynne’s manus distant aft helium enactment it astir her waist. She besides snubbed his effort to high-five her.

It came aft a summertime of ungraded for the BBC amusement but Wynne and Katya passed it disconnected arsenic an “inside joke”.

A root said: “Instead of conscionable one, they had a chaperone each and the full unit were mostly connected precocious alert.

“It was considered a mode to forestall immoderate different foolish jokes but besides support Katya if Wynne’s waist-grab wasn’t the gag they importune it was and was so a grope.

“Either way, bosses felt similar it would beryllium prudent to get other eyes connected them to forestall immoderate much misdemeanours.”

The BBC’s payment squad checked connected both pursuing past week’s incident.

Katya had confirmed that she had not felt uncomfortable and nary further enactment was taken.

But the root said Wynne and Katya “barely spent immoderate clip unneurotic disconnected camera” connected Saturday.

However, fans person backed the pair, who performed a quickstep, and voted to nonstop them consecutive done to adjacent week.

The BBC did not remark connected the substance erstwhile asked yesterday.