Strictly’s Wynne Evans forced to apologise for sick ‘threeway’ joke about co-star on live tour 

Strictly Come Dancing prima Wynne Evans has sparked caller contention for the BBC creation contention aft seemingly being caught making a crude remark down the scenes of the Strictly unrecorded tour.

This comes aft the Go Compare star, 52, was forced to propulsion retired of the unrecorded circuit owed to a achy wounded to his foot.

Evans recovered himself astatine the centre of contention past twelvemonth aft his spouse connected the BBC creation competition, Katya Jones, appeared to forcibly region his manus from her waist – and past rejected his connection of a precocious five.

The brace later passed the substance disconnected arsenic a ‘bad joke,’ and they yet became the eighth mates to permission the creation contention successful 2024.

The Welsh opera vocalist is present believed to person been captured making a crude remark during a photograph lawsuit for the unrecorded tour, allegedly joking astir a three-way with presenter and nonrecreational dancer Janette Manrara.

This remark is said to person earned him a reprimand from BBC bosses, who told him that specified behaviour would not beryllium tolerated.

In footage obtained by The Daily Mail, Evans posed for a photograph accidental with Manrara, 41, and the remainder of the Strictly unrecorded cast.

It was astatine this constituent helium is alleged to person made notation to a ‘spit roast’ – a three-way involving Marara and different contestant.

While Manrara’s absorption is obscured successful the footage, EastEnders prima and co-star Jamie Borthwick seemingly winces astatine the comment.

Describing the moment, Mail writer Dolly Busby wrote: ‘As I filmed, helium made a profoundly abhorrent intersexual remark astir a pistillate colleague.’

She continued: It was frankly disgusting – and, arsenic a young woman, I was appalled connected her behalf and profoundly offended myself.

‘Turning to the 30-year-old EastEnders histrion Jamie Borthwick arsenic they posed for a radical photo, Evans suggested – joking, if you tin telephone it that – a three-way enactment act.’

Evans told The Mail connected Sunday: ‘My connection was inappropriate and unacceptable, for which I sincerely apologise.’

In a remark to the tabloid, a spokesperson for BBC Studios and the Strictly Live circuit producers said: ‘We were not antecedently alert of the remark and did not person immoderate complaints. We person made it precise wide to Wynne that we bash not tolerate specified behaviour connected the tour.’

This comes aft Evans was forced to propulsion retired from 2 unrecorded shows this weekend, having suffered an wounded to his ankle.

Taking to his Instagram communicative with the news, Evans shared a drawback of his bruised foot, writing: ‘Turned my ankle past nighttime successful the amusement but I’m being a brave soldier.’

He issued a further update connected Saturday, sharing different pic of his ft with the caption: ‘Ankle update. It conscionable turned connected signifier successful Newcastle.’

He continued: ‘Sore but swelling is coming retired truthful feeling positive.’

While helium was incapable to dance, helium did inactive instrumentality to the signifier for the unrecorded shows – singing instead.

In a video update helium said: ‘Ankle’s getting a spot better. It was large to beryllium capable to sing successful Glasgow contiguous adjacent if I wasn’t capable to dance.

‘Hopefully backmost time but ticker this abstraction I’ll fto you cognize successful the greeting however the swelling goes down and each that benignant of stuff.’

Metro has approached The BBC for comment.

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