Strictly Come Dancing has confirmed Seann Walsh and Katya Jones will continue to dance together in the wake of their kissing scandal.
Seann, who is in a relationship, and Katya, who is married, were seen snogging in the street in pictures obtained by The Sun on Sunday at the weekend.
They have both since apologised for what they called a “drunken” mistake.
There had been calls for the pair to quit the show but a spokesperson for Strictly Come Dancing has now issued a statement saying the couple will dance together as planned on Saturday night.
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Ruth Langsford read a statement from Strictly on ITV’s Loose Women on Monday, telling viewers: “Interesting. This has just come through. Strictly has confirmed Seann and Katya will be dancing together this weekend as planned. No one is pulling out of the show.”
The Loose Women opened the show with a discussion of the incident.
Ruth, who competed on Strictly last year, said: “Having been in Strictly, I saw that and thought how awkward for everybody and how humiliating for their partners.”
Linda Robson said she felt Seann and Katya should continue in the competition but acknowledged it would be “awkward” for their partners and was a “horrible” thing to see.
Jane Moore added: “It’s a very difficult situation because anybody in that situation would say, ‘Okay, if I give you another chance it’s on the basis you never see that person again’ but they have to go back into rehearsals.”
Stacey Solomon said she’d find it hard watching her partner dancing every Saturday with someone they had kissed behind her back if she was in their shoes.
Both Stacey and Ruth said it was easy to look in from the outside and say you’d forgive the person or not mind them still being in the competition, but it’s very different when you’re the person at the centre of the story.
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