BBC Strictly Come Dancing fans 'hearts break' for Wynne Evans as they work out meaning of 'joke'

Wynne and Katya went viral on the BBC show this weekend, after the Strictly Come Dancing pro appeared to shove Wynne away as he tried to high five her.

BBC Strictly Come Dancing fans have said their heart "breaks" for Wynne Evans after the frostiness with Katya Jones. Wynne and Katya went viral on the BBC show this weekend, after the Strictly Come Dancing pro appeared to shove Wynne away as he tried to high five her.

The pair later cleared things up on It Takes Two, saying it was a "joke" which had been misinterpreted. "One explanation given to me was they they were poking fun at other couples for all their hugging and kissing and that's why they can't say what the joke was," one Twitter/X user wrote.

"Wynne is being cancelled on social media and I find it heartbreaking," said one in reply. They added: "Anyone who has any sort of personality gets shut down these days. I don't believe he's a perv. I believe Katya when she says it was a joke." Another said: "For god's sake, she says there was no problem, he says there wasn't a problem.

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"So there wasn't a problem. Why are ppl looking for stuff, when two adults say there no issues." After going viral, Katya defended the GoCompare star and said he has been “portrayed as someone he is not” after an incident during Saturday’s show when she moved his hand from her waist.

On Saturday’s show, Jones had brushed Evans’ hand away as he moved it across her waist, before snubbing his attempt at a high-five. The opera singer was a 20/1 chance when betting opened, but the leading bookmaker have had to cut his price all the way down to 9/2 and he is now the third favourite to dance for the last time on Sunday evening.

Paul Merson is again the favourite at 10/11 with Punam Krishan, who was bottom of last week’s leaderboard, a 13/4 shot. UK Director at BetMGM, Sam Behar, said: “Paul Merson might be the favourite to leave Strictly this weekend but Wynne Evans certainly isn’t without a chance of leaving.

“He looked a lively outsider a couple of weeks ago in the outright betting but the news this week certainly hasn’t helped his chances and he’s been very well-backed to exit on Sunday night. He opened up at 20/1 but is now just 9/2, with only Paul Merson (10/11) and Punam Krishan (13/4) shorter in the next elimination betting.”