Wynne Evans fears for his career as axed Strictly star's pals defend 'stupid joke'

Strictly prima Wynne Evans is fearing for his vocation aft being caught utilizing a vulgar intersexual operation arsenic pals accidental helium is successful a "bad way" and needs protecting

Strictly Come Dancing prima Wynne Evans fears his vocation could beryllium implicit arsenic friends admit: “He’s successful a atrocious way.”

The prima is “worried helium could suffer everything” aft he was caught connected movie utilizing a vulgar intersexual phrase. It comes arsenic Evans is said to beryllium bracing himself for much examples of his “inappropriate” comments to emerge.

The BBC is nether unit to shelve his caller travelogue, Wynne & Joanna: All At Sea, with Gavin & Stacey histrion Joanna Page He has besides stepped backmost from his BBC Wales vigor show, and risks being dumped arsenic the look of Go Compare. Friends accidental they are rallying astir the prima arsenic they insisted helium doesn’t merit specified a ferocious backlash.

The pal said: “At the extremity of the day, helium has been a spot of an oaf and made a anserine mistake but does helium merit specified hatred? Yes, utilizing the word spit-roast was perfectly wrong, and helium realises this. His occupation is that helium is simply a joker and helium continually wants to play to the crowd."

Speaking astir being caught connected camera utilizing the connection "spit-roast" arsenic portion of a Strictly photocall, the pal added: "Jamie Borthwick is his mate and helium was laughing and joking, and Katya plays on with the gag too. It’s conscionable schoolboy comedy. He is more Jim Davidson than Peter Kay, and if anything, is much blameworthy of having a unspeakable consciousness of humour.”

It’s understood that his Go Compere woody is “up successful the air” but that immoderate accidental of him going backmost onto the Strictly circuit is non-existent. The pal added: “Talk of his vocation ending is premature - astatine the extremity of the day, his vigor amusement is precise popular, and helium is precise overmuch liked. Everyone hopes helium tin spot the airy astatine the extremity of the tunnel.”

BBC bosses had initially fto Evans disconnected with a informing but caved successful arsenic choler grew by axing him from the unrecorded dates. The Welsh Opera vocalist apologised again for his behaviour. He said: “I’ve agreed with the BBC that I’ll instrumentality immoderate clip retired from my vigor amusement and the Strictly Live tour, arsenic good arsenic my different nationalist commitments, to prioritise my wellbeing.

“I americium profoundly atrocious for the symptom my inappropriate actions person caused, and program to instrumentality this clip for self-reflection. Apologies to those I won’t get to spot astatine the remaining performances and I’m grateful to my chap circuit pack for each the astonishing enactment they person fixed me.”

Over the weekend Evans apologised for utilizing the intersexual term during the circuit motorboat photocall connected January 16. The remark astir a “spitroast” was allegedly directed towards nonrecreational dancer and TV presenter Janette Manrara. Evans said: “My connection was ­inappropriate and unacceptable for which I sincerely ­apologise.” Bosses had hoped that would gully a enactment nether the matter.

But it did not relieve immoderate of the unit and they yet ditched him from the tour. The Mirror told this week however the BBC felt the play overshadowed the archetypal occurrence of his caller question show. A root said: “The timing of this is profoundly unfortunate. The comments were idiotic and person intelligibly overshadowed the archetypal episode. What connected world was helium thinking?” This isn’t the archetypal clip Evans has travel nether fire.

When helium competed connected Strictly with Katya Jones past year, viewers spotted her appearing to halt his manus from straying crossed her waist. The brace aboriginal said they were “just messing around” successful what was a “very silly wrong joke”.

The Mirror besides revealed helium was accused of making a vulgar gag portion having his make-up done connected the show. Sources assertion Evans jested that the folds of his treble chin “looked similar a woman’s vagina”. No authoritative complaints were made but immoderate unit were little than pleased.

The root added astatine the time: “Wynne intelligibly didn’t mean immoderate offence, but you person to beryllium a small spot cautious these days.” Professional dancer Katya reposted Evans’s latest apology and wrote: “Let’s amusement humanity and consideration.”

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