Wynne Evans should have been nowhere near the Strictly Tour

‘Good riddance!’

That was my archetypal effect erstwhile a person forwarded the quality communicative astir Wynne Evans parting ways with the Strictly Come Dancing circuit aft sickening sexualised comments to It Takes Two presenter Janette Manrara were caught connected camera.

Frankly, I had ever suspected that it was lone a substance of clip earlier Evans’ alleged jokes got him into occupation again.

Partnered with nonrecreational dancer Katya Jones, Evans, the operatic dependable of the infamous Go Compare adverts, archetypal caused an uproar connected the amusement aft appearing to grope Jones’ waist during a unrecorded show. 

The clip of Jones smiling done a grimace arsenic she cautiously moved Wynne’s manus distant from her waist went viral. The brace rapidly apologised and insisted it was ‘an wrong joke.’

As idiosyncratic who has seen and heard their just stock of specified lewd comments successful the workplace, I cognize that unchecked ‘jokes’ person the imaginable to escalate into much blatant intersexual innuendo if nary 1 steps in. 

I was appalled this had been allowed to hap and that the BBC hadn’t stepped successful sooner to code Evans’ behaviour amid a fig of scandals that clouded his clip connected the 22nd bid of the primetime show. 

Frankly, I had a atrocious feeling astir Evans from that archetypal ‘joke’, and I deliberation it is due to the fact that I’ve confronted sexualised comments successful workplaces successful the past. 

In a erstwhile job, successful an office, I had questions from colleagues astir my emotion life, saying I looked similar ‘I knew however to person a bully time’ with a drama wink. 

One who was unspeakable astatine remembering names called maine ‘Jugs’ due to the fact that that was seemingly my nickname among his colleagues.

When I complained, my enactment manager told maine helium was ‘harmless.’ 

I became jumpy and anxious astatine enactment and started having nightmares astir being assaulted astatine my desk. 

Of course, nary 1 is accusing Wynne of assault, but his clip arsenic a contestant connected the 2024 bid of Strictly Come Dancing seemed, to me, to beryllium littered with red flags, and with the BBC inactive recovering from a fig of scandals astir presenters’ behaviour, I deliberation enactment should person been taken acold sooner. 

Despite some Wynne and Katya insisting the ‘groping’ incidental was a comic small happening betwixt them, it doesn’t mean that it didn’t marque galore of america watching uncomfortable. 

The BBC said they made definite that Katya had been checked connected by the payment and accumulation teams, but I inactive deliberation much could person been to reassure viewers implicit Evans’ behaviour.  

Not agelong aft that archetypal incident, it was reported that Evans made a ‘vulgar’ gag to 1 of the constitution artists connected the show. According to this report, Evans made a self-deprecating remark astir his treble chin resembling a vagina.

No complaints were made, but to me, it felt similar a signifier of behaviour was emerging. Again, helium remained connected the show. But his latest actions aren’t making anyone astatine the BBC laugh.

During a photocall for the Strictly tour, Evans was caught making a disgusting remark towards dancer and presenter Janette Manrara. 

As Manrara was taking her spot betwixt Evans and EastEnders histrion Jamie Borthwick, Evans said, ‘Not excessively adjacent to Jamie’ and past chuckled earlier remarking astir ‘a spit roast.’

Watching the footage, I was appalled – and reminded of times successful the workplace erstwhile I’ve had to enactment up with this benignant of behaviour. 

No 1 deserves to amusement up astatine enactment to beryllium faced with intersexual remarks from a antheral who seems truthful arrogant that he’s consenting to marque gross comments successful beforehand of reporters and cameras.

I tin guarantee you, there’s thing amusive astir being made to consciousness uncomfortable by your co-worker.

Following the latest incident, Wynne called his behaviour ‘inappropriate and unacceptable’ and stated that helium would measurement distant from the Strictly circuit and instrumentality a interruption from his BBC Radio Wales show.

The BBC has spent months trying to repair the estimation of its currency cattle aft erstwhile contestants complained astir the attraction they received from their nonrecreational creation partners successful erstwhile seasons. 

And that’s connected apical of scandals similar those involving Huw Edwards, Jermaine Jenas and Gregg Wallace.

This latest occurrence shows that thing seems to person changed successful the corporation’s culture. 

Until this latest incident, Evans’ behaviour went unchecked, and if that remark to Manrara had been made without cameras present, we mightiness ne'er person heard astir it. 

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Often, erstwhile women bash kick astir inappropriate behaviour from antheral colleagues, they are dismissed oregon person their feelings minimised; astatine least, that’s my experience.

I tin guarantee you, there’s thing amusive astir being made to consciousness truthful uncomfortable by your co-worker that you privation to discontinue your job.

Frankly, I judge that aft the archetypal incidental the BBC should person taken a stand, sacked Evans from Strictly, and shown that this behaviour would not beryllium tolerated. 

But each they person done is amusement that adjacent if you are taxable to lewd behaviour astatine work, successful beforehand of witnesses, you person to hold for the perpetrator to autumn connected their sword due to the fact that eden forbid idiosyncratic takes decisive action.

Companies similar the BBC request to make a harmless situation not lone for those taking portion successful programmes and performances, but for those watching. 

They request to acceptable an example. And they missed excessively galore chances to instrumentality action.

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