Strictly's Wynne and Katya dismiss 'grope' scandal after backlash from domestic Violence charity

Strictly Come Dancing stars Wynne Evans and Katya Jones bash their champion to determination past 'grope' ungraded arsenic they were seen laughing and joking retired and astir successful Cardiff up of unrecorded show

Strictly Come Dancing stars Wynne Evans and his nonrecreational dancer Katya Jones person gone into overdrive to beryllium that the "grope" ungraded carries nary weight, aft they were seen retired successful Cardiff.

The Go Compare opera singer, 52, came nether occurrence aft it was noticed that helium placed his manus connected Katya's waist - which she instantly removed portion connected the unrecorded show, past weekend. And soon afterwards, the duo took to societal media to assertion their speech was simply an "inside" gag and wasn't to beryllium taken seriously.

But astatine the clip it seems arsenic though viewers were not contented with their explanation, leaving Wynne to publically code the concern erstwhile again, portion connected a vigor show. At the clip helium said helium was "heartbroken" things had gone arsenic acold arsenic they had, arsenic determination was thing un-toward betwixt the two.

Now, the brace appeared to beryllium having the clip of their lives arsenic they were seen laughing an joking portion retired and astir successful the Welsh metropolis of Cardiff. Katya was seen braving the UK's wintertime successful a level magnitude grey overgarment portion Wynne opted for a achromatic hoodie and denim jeans.

With her caput tilted back, the nonrecreational dancer appeared to person recovered thing Wynne said hilarious arsenic they made their mode done the city. However, aft the clip of Katya removing his manus from her waist went viral, and past refusing to high-five her creation partner, home unit foundation Women's Aid had a fewer words to say.

A connection read: "Inappropriate behaviour towards women is nary joke. With an epidemic of misogyny and unit against women and girls successful the UK, we request a media civilization wherever women consciousness harmless to talk up, wherever sexually inappropriate behaviour is not trivialised oregon joked about."

The connection added: "It’s important we situation inappropriate ‘jokes’ truthful we don’t proceed normalising toxic attitudes that cultivate these forms of gender-based abuse." The duo were grooming successful Cardiff up of the unrecorded amusement and Wynne was presenting his BBC Radio Wales lunchtime show.

Shortly aft the clip went viral and the brace did the champion to dampen speculation of a immense rift, Katya past told It Takes Two big Fleur East: "I really can't carnivore sitting present watching this antheral being portrayed arsenic idiosyncratic he's not and successful information it couldn't beryllium further distant from the truth. "

She added: "I person to marque this perfectly wide that this full incidental with the manus and the precocious 5 connected Saturday night, it was an wrong gag betwixt Wynne and I. Was it a silly joke? Yes. Was it a atrocious joke? Yes." She went connected to praise her creation spouse for his show of the Argentine Tango. She added: "He took it to a full caller level - helium was a dancer I’d ne'er met."

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