Wynne Evans was filmed taking to the stage to perform during the Strictly Come Dancing Live Tour on Saturday, after footage emerged that showed him making a vile s3xual jibe about one of the female presenters.
The Go Compare star, 52, has apologised after he was recorded crudely suggesting a three-way s3x session with presenter Janette Manrara, using the hugely demeaning term ‘spit roast’.
Amid claims that the BBC could be forced to ‘sever ties’ with him over the scandal, Wynne reposted an Instagram clip of himself singing on stage at the latest tour show in Glasgow.
The singer was unable to dance at the show after previously sharing he’d been forced to pull out due to an ankle injury.
Instead Wynne showed off his singing skills with a surprise performance, while host Janette watched on.
Ahead of the show, Wynne also took to his Stories to update his followers on the state of his injury.
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Wynne Evans was filmed taking to the stage to perform during the Strictly tour on Saturday, after footage emerged that showed him making a vile s3xual jibe about one of the presenters
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Ahead of the show, Wynne also took to his Stories to update his followers on the state of his injury, after it forced him to miss out on performing in Saturday’s show
He said: ‘Ankle’s getting a bit better, it was great to be able to sing in Glasgow tonight, even if I couldn’t dance, hopefully back tomorrow.
‘But watch this space, I’ll let you know in the morning. See how the swelling goes down, and all that kind of stuff, thanks for all the lovely messages, amazing.’
Wynne, the opera singer known for the Go Compare adverts and his BBC Radio Wales show, was caught on film by The Mail On Sunday making a vile s3xual comment at a photocall to launch the Strictly live tour in Birmingham earlier this month.
In the latest scandal to rock Evans and the BBC, the 52-year-old was recorded crudely suggesting a three-way s3x session with presenter Janette Manrara, using the hugely demeaning term ‘spit roast’.
It comes after Evans was accused of ‘groping’ his dance partner Katya Jones, 35, during the televised shows last October, although the pair dismissed it as a joke that had been misunderstood.
Just weeks later, the presenter who hosts his show on BBC Radio Wales every day at 9am, was embroiled in further controversy after he made a ‘vulgar’ joke to a make-up artist about his double chin resembling a vagina.
Evans’ latest ‘spit roast’ joke has heaped further controversy on Strictly Come Dancing, which was plunged into turmoil by the Amanda Abbington and Giovanni Pernice scandal last year.
After coming under fire for his third gaffe in as many months, brand and culture expert Nick Ede told MailOnline: ‘I think the BBC will have to tread very carefully with Wynne as his controversial and lewd comments will soon outweigh his popularity and the BBC won’t tolerate this anymore.
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Evan’s gross comment came at a photocall to launch the Strictly live tour and swiftly earned a rebuke from BBC bosses who told him: ‘We will not tolerate such behaviour’
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On Sunday morning, Evans defiantly posted a trailer for his new BBC show, Wynne and Joanna: All At Sea, on Instagram, amid fears the BBC could sever ties with him due to the scandal
‘He will hanging on to his position but all eyes will be on him and if he makes another negative move the BBC may have to sever their ties with him.’
Evans’s latest crass comments came as he posed for pictures with Ms Manrara, 41, a professional dancer who is hosting the live tour, and EastEnders actor Jamie Borthwick, 30.
The reaction of Ms Manrara is unclear on the footage as she is momentarily obscured by other Strictly stars. But Borthwick appears to wince as Evans sniggers to himself.
Evans pulled out of a Glasgow performance of the Strictly tour on Saturday, citing an ankle injury. But he told The Mail on Sunday: ‘My language was inappropriate and unacceptable, for which I sincerely apologise.’
A spokesman for BBC Studios and the Strictly Live tour producers said: ‘We were not previously aware of the remark and did not receive any complaints. We have made it very clear to Wynne that we do not tolerate such behaviour on the tour.’
And as pressure mounts on Evans, a spokesperson for BBC Wales told MailOnline this morning: ‘We support the statement made by BBC Studios. We do not tolerate unacceptable behaviour.’
Hours after the footage was published by the Mail, Evans defiantly posted a trailer for his new BBC show, Wynne and Joanna: All At Sea, on Instagram.
The show will follow him and Gavin & Stacey star Joanna Page set sail to explore the coast of South Wales.
The latest incident was captured on video and audio by a Mail on Sunday reporter at the official launch of this year’s tour at the Birmingham Arena ten days ago, and brings new embarrassment to the BBC after a string of scandals.
In the worst, news anchor Huw Edwards was convicted of accessing indecent images of children as young as seven.
Later Gregg Wallace was forced to step away from MasterChef amid allegations of s3xually inappropriate behaviour. And Strictly itself, long celebrated as wholesome entertainment, was itself plagued by controversy.
In the MoS film Evans, a presenter on BBC Radio Wales, stands in the middle of a line-up of 20 celebrities and dancers as Ms Manrara, who hosts the TV spin-off Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two, is summoned to join them. As she approaches, Evans warns her with a grin: ‘Not too close to Jamie!’
He then pulls a suggestive face at the actor, behind Ms Manrara’s back, as she moves between them. It is at this point that Evans makes his disgusting joke at her expense.
Seconds later, her dancer husband Aljaz Skorjanec, who was standing nearby, asks her: ‘Darling, are you OK?’ She replies curtly: ‘Yep.’
Ms Manrara’s spokeswoman said the host had been ‘unaware of this comment by Wynne’ which was audible to our reporter filming with a mobile phone 20 yards away.
In addition to appearing on Strictly last year, father-of-two Evans won Celebrity MasterChef in 2023. His new BBC1 travel show, All At Sea, with Gavin and Stacey star Joanna Page, begins tomorrow night.
That his ‘spit-roast’ comment was made at a media event will infuriate Corporation bosses still struggling to repair Strictly’s tainted image following bullying complaints and junior staff’s claims of a ‘toxic’ behind-the-scenes culture.
Three days into rehearsals in 2023, actress Amanda Abbington complained about her dance partner Giovanni Pernice.
A year later the BBC apologised to her, upholding verbal bullying and harassment complaints but clearing Pernice of physical aggression.
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During last year’s televised shows, the 52-year-old (left) was accused of ‘groping’ his dance partner Katya Jones (right)
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During one of the live shows in October, Wynne put his arm around Katya only for her to knock his hand away
Then Graziano Di Prima was sacked after footage from rehearsals showed him kicking Love Island star Zara McDermott.
Last year Evans won millions of Strictly fans with his jollity and determination to learn to dance, but then suddenly faced criticism after viewers spotted a grimacing Ms Jones forcibly removing his hand as it strayed across her waist as they faced the cameras backstage.
Afterwards Evans tried to give his partner a high five, but she shot him a scathing look, rolled her eyes and turned away.
Attempting to defuse the row, Evans and Ms Jones said they were ‘just messing around’ and that it was a ‘very silly inside joke’.
But two weeks later the Welsh tenor’s ‘jokes’ caused further controversy when he suggested to a make-up artist that the folds of his double chin looked like a vagina.
Evans apparently insisted his joke was self-deprecating, did not cause offence and was made in a private conversation with at least one other person in the room. It is unclear if a complaint was made or whether the incident was investigated.
A week after the ‘spit-roasting’ comment Evans appeared on The One Show to talk about the ‘banter’ on tour. He said: ‘It’s fun… Craig [Revel Horwood] called me yesterday, he said I was stompy and flat-footed.
‘So I said: ‘Have you heard your album, mate, that’s stompy and flat if ever I’ve heard it!’ So yeah, there’s quite a lot of banter.
‘He gave me a two yesterday, so I was absolutely gutted, just because I was a bit rude about his album.’
Evans suffered clinical depression and his weight rose to 22 stone after he and his wife of 17 years, Tanwen, decided to get divorced in 2016.
He is now dating Liz Brookes, aged 50, an events manager and fitness fanatic credited with his dramatic seven-stone weight loss.
