SHOCKING! Wynne Evans says Strictly told him ‘DON’T TRUST ANYONE’ in Shock STATEMENT

Wynne Evans has launched a blistering attack on Strictly Come Dancing, claiming the hit BBC show is “fundamentally flawed in its duty of care” and revealing he was warned on day one: “Don’t trust anyone in this room – not even me.” The 53-year-old Welsh tenor, best known as the face of Go.Compare, competed in Strictly’s 20th anniversary series alongside pro dancer Katya Jones. But in a bombshell statement shared on social media, Evans claimed the glittering ballroom show left him “fighting to save [his] own life”.

“When I first stepped into the rehearsal room at Strictly, I thought it would be a magical experience. And at the start, it was. But the very first thing I was told was: ‘Don’t trust anyone in this room – not even me,’” he wrote. “That hit me hard. I’ve always worn my heart on my sleeve, and while I may sometimes sail close to the line, there’s never malice in what I do.

“What I wasn’t prepared for was the way people will protect their personal and BBC brands, at any cost.”

In May, Evans announced he had been dropped by the BBC and would no longer present on BBC Radio Wales after apologising for using “inappropriate language” during the launch of the Strictly tour.

The apology came after the Mail On Sunday reported in January he had aimed a s3xual joke at one of the other professional dancers, Janette Manrara.

“Statements were issued in my name that I hadn’t even seen, let alone agreed to. My voice was taken away,” he said.

Evans previously said he had never approved of the statement that was issued by the BBC in January in which he apologised for making an “inappropriate and unacceptable” comment.

At the time, a BBC spokesperson said: “The apology issued on Wynne’s behalf by the Strictly Come Dancing Tour PR representative on Saturday January 25 was fully approved by Wynne.”

In his latest statement, Evans also recalled a chilling moment where he contemplated suicide after a meeting near the BBC building.

“I thought about that promise while sitting in a psychiatrist’s office near the BBC, staring out of the window at the BBC building, fighting to save my own life. That’s how close I came to the edge.”

He continued: “I’m not writing this as a victim, as I said I will own my mistakes. I’m writing it because the system is broken. Strictly is now fundamentally flawed in its duty of care.

“It’s allowed to continue because of ratings, while people’s wellbeing is left in tatters.”

Evans has since returned to the airwaves with his own online radio programme, The Wynne Evans Show, after being let go by BBC Radio Wales earlier this year.