Strictly exes Neil and Katya Jones put on racy display in rehearsals after spending the weekend together following split
STRICTLY Come Dancing exes Neil and Katya Jones put on racy display in rehearsals after spending the weekend together following their split.
The pair showed there's no hard feelings between them as they practised their moves ahead of the Strictly launch show.
It comes after they spent the weekend together. They showed they're still good pals by attending an Alton FC football match.
Neil took to his Instagram story with several pictures of his day with Katya.
He captioned the first clip, in which Katya's shot on goal is easily blocked: "The Real Penalty @mrs_katjones."
Neil, 37, and Katya, 30, both pro dancers on the BBC show, announced last week that they were splitting after 11 years.
It came ten months after The Sun on Sunday published photos of Katya sharing an illicit kiss with comic Seann Walsh, 33 — her dance partner last year.
But Neil told pals that he and his Russian wife had lost their spark long before that.
One TV executive pal told The Sun on Sunday: “Neil was very open about the fact that there was no passion between them — that they didn’t have sex.
“He said they spent all their evenings together lounging on the sofa in comfy onesies, watching Disney films like The Lion King and The Little Mermaid.
“They had been together for so long that obviously they were close, but as friends. The intimacy had drained from the marriage.
“They would talk about Strictly and dancing, the routines, the costumes. Neil would help Katya with make-up, and often told her what she should wear.
“But that was the most intimate thing they did together.
“He also said they had been arguing a lot recently, and insinuated that Katya had become jealous of him as he had stepped further into the spotlight.
“He is clearly a very ambitious man, and didn’t try to hide his delight that in the aftermath of their cheating scandal his role on Strictly had been boosted.
“He kept saying that he had it in him to become bigger than Anton du Beke.
“And he said that while Katya ‘loved dancing and pretty things, but couldn’t talk politics,’ he had the whole package when it came to being a celebrity.”
Millions of Strictly fans were stunned last year when Katya was caught passionately kissing Seann.
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Seann apologised for the “one-off drunken mistake”.
Katya also apologised on Twitter and wrote: “I love my husband and we are very happy together, this is not a reflection on our relationship.”
Neil has been promoted for this year, and will be paired with a celebrity for the first time since joining the show in 2016.
The source said: “Neil sees this as his shot, and he’s determined to smash it.
“He thinks that now he’s part of the line-up, all sorts of doors will open for him.
“Alongside his dance ambitions, he also has ambitions in the world of comedy.”
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