Wynne Evans has apologised for an “inappropriate and unacceptable” sexual comment throughout the Strictly Come Dancing dwell tour launch.
The Welsh opera singer, 52, who’s finest identified for singing the jingle within the Go Examine insurance coverage commercials, is touring with the dwell present after competing on the BBC One programme final 12 months.
The Mail on Sunday reported that Evans was recorded utilizing the time period “spitroast” – slang for a three-person sexual place – in a comment allegedly aimed on the skilled dancer and tv presenter Janette Manrara.
The Guardian understands he was given a warning over the comment by tour producers.
In an announcement, Evans mentioned: “My language was inappropriate and unacceptable for which I sincerely apologise.”
A spokesperson for the Strictly dwell tour and BBC Studios mentioned: “We weren’t beforehand conscious of the comment and didn’t obtain any complaints. We now have made it very clear to Wynne that we don’t tolerate such behaviour on the tour.”
In October, Evans and his dance associate, Katya Jones, apologised for a “joke” that resulted in her shifting Evans’s hand from her waist throughout the BBC present. Jones defended Evans, saying he had been “portrayed as somebody he isn’t” after the incident.
Later, showing on the BBC Two spin-off showStrictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two alongside Evans, Jones mentioned she needed to “get one thing out of the way in which that I really feel overshadowed our efficiency for completely no purpose”.
“Fairly frankly I can’t bear sitting right here watching this man being portrayed as somebody he isn’t,” she mentioned. “And actually it couldn’t be additional away from the reality, so I’ve to make this positively clear, that this complete incident with the hand and the high-five on Saturday night time, it was an inside joke between Wynne and I. Was it a foolish joke? Sure. Was it a nasty joke? Sure.”
She added: “Even the concept that it made me really feel uncomfortable or offended in any manner is whole nonsense.”
In one other second, Jones had appeared to not wish to high-five her celeb associate, which they referred to as “a working joke”.
Chaperones have been put in place on Strictly throughout rehearsals final 12 months after a assessment was launched by the BBC following contestant complaints.
Evans missed dancing on the tour in Glasgow on Saturday because of an ankle damage however is hoping to return. He shared photos of his bruised ankle in a narrative on Instagram.
In a video posted on the social media website on Saturday night, he mentioned: “Ankle’s getting a bit higher, it was nice to have the ability to sing in Glasgow tonight, even when I couldn’t dance, hopefully again tomorrow. However watch this area, I’ll let you recognize within the morning. See how the swelling goes down, and all that form of stuff, thanks for all the stunning messages, superb.”
The Strictly decide Craig Revel Horwood mentioned Friday’s dwell efficiency of the hit dancing present in Glasgow had been cancelled and rescheduled for Sunday night as Storm Éowyn compelled folks within the Scottish metropolis to remain indoors.
The present on Saturday went forward as deliberate, and it’s anticipated the Sunday slot on the OVO Hydro Glasgow may even.
The tour subsequent stops on the M&S Financial institution Enviornment Liverpool on Tuesday and Wednesday, and the First Direct Enviornment in Leeds on Thursday and Friday.