Strictly’s Seann leaves viewers cold with quip about shame of drunken antics
STRICTLY Come Dancing love cheat Seann Walsh left viewers unimpressed last night after cracking a joke about watching drunk videos of himself – weeks after he was caught on camera in a tipsy kiss with Katya Jones.
The 32-year-old comedian made the quip as he and Strictly Come Dancing partner Katya, 29, made an appearance on Strictly sister show It Takes Two to discuss their elimination from the BBC ballroom hit.
As he was shown footage of their last dance on the popular show, Seann shockingly joked to host Zoë Ball: ‘That’s like watching a drunk video of yourself.’
He then added of their routine, which was a Viennese Waltz to the classic song I Put A Spell On You: ‘The dance that [Katya] came up with was amazing.’
After his comments aired, viewers took to Twitter in droves to call out the erstwhile contestant, particularly as several days earlier he and Katya had claimed their scandalous kiss – which saw them cheat on their partners – was a ‘drunken mistake’.
‘“That was like having to watch a drunk video of yourself the morning after...” We’ve all seen THAT video Seann,’ wrote one viewer.
‘Seann Walsh trying to make jokes but [Zoë], the crew and the whole country aren’t buying it,’ stated another on the micro-blogging site.
Many others dubbed the moment ‘awkward’ as they were reminded of the kiss, which led to the end of Seann’s long-term relationship with girlfriend Rebecca Humphries. Katya’s marriage to Neil Jones was also tested by the scandal.
Also during their time on It Takes Two, Seann and Katya, pictured, recreated their Matrix dance. However, the moment wasn’t as smooth as their time on Strictly, as Katya was left with her legs akimbo.
Seann also admitted he was furious after being booted from Strictly in Sunday’s episode, as he said of his dance: ‘The concept was amazing... That was the most angry I’d been afterwards because I knew this... I started saying, “We’ve got this.”’
He said of his costume for the Halloween-themed episode: ‘Then I had to be eliminated looking like a man who had fallen through a chimney!’
When Zoë asked Katya if they expected to be eliminated last week, Katya replied: ‘No, because I felt like we could do really well... Viennese waltz only consists of a few steps and I was like, “We’ve got this!”’
However, Seann also admitted that when he first arrived on Strictly, he ‘couldn’t do anything’, adding: ‘So to get to week six, it was a miracle!’
Turning to Katya, he said: ‘I thought I would be out week one. At the beginning I couldn’t do anything – you had to teach me how to walk, to breathe and do my shoelaces.’