BBC bosses 'provided extra chaperones to Katya Jones and Wynne Evans and asked staff to be more vigilant', after their 'wandering hand' incident

BBC bosses reportedly gave Katya Jones and Vin Evans an extra chair after their 'wandering arm' incident on last week's live show.

The dance partners spent the week defending their awkward exchange during Saturday Night Live.

Seeing the audience stand on their tiptoes, Katya removed Vine's hand from her waist and blocked his attempt to high-five her.

Reports suggest that Suriya has more eyes on them now and while the next episode is being filmed, the entire crew and staff have been asked to be on alert due to the incident.

A source said: “Instead of one, they each had a companion and generally the whole group was on high alert.”

BBC bosses are said to have given Katya Jones and Vin Evans an extra chaperone after their 'wandering arm' incident on last week's live show.

BBC bosses are said to have given Katya Jones and Vin Evans an extra chaperone after their 'wandering arm' incident on last week's live show.

BBC bosses are said to have given Katya Jones and Vin Evans an extra chaperone after their 'wandering arm' incident on last week's live show.

'It was supposed to be a way to avoid other stupid pranks, but if grabbing Vine's hips wasn't the prank they insisted on, and it actually was a prank, protect Katya.

“Either way, the bosses felt it would be prudent to keep more tabs on the superiors to prevent further irregularities.”

MailOnline has contacted the BBC for comment.

The incident has caused concern among senior BBC officials, who have launched a public interest investigation months after allegations of misconduct in previous series.

Katya confirmed that she did not feel uncomfortable and no further action was taken.

Despite this, Vine and Katya “did not spend any time together off-camera” on Saturday, according to the publication.

Katya Defending his famous partner, Because Jodi insists that her “wandering hand” incident was a funny prank, she has been “portrayed as something she is not.”

Monday afternoon it takes two, Vine He admitted to watching footage of the incident again and admitted: “I can see how people got it wrong.”

Katya removes Vine's hand from her waist, interrupting his attempt to high-five her.

Katya removed Wine's hand from her waist and blocked his attempt at a high five.

Now The Sun reports that there are more eyes on them and that all crew and staff have been asked to be extra vigilant due to the incident while the next episode is filmed.

Now The Sun reports that there are more eyes on them and that all crew and staff have been asked to be extra vigilant due to the incident while the next episode is filmed.

Clinging to his hand, Katya empathetically says that she couldn't stand being a co-star and there was nothing wrong with that.

She said: “The idea that it made me feel uncomfortable or offended in any way is absolutely nonsense, and those who doubt it are wrong.” So I hope this is the end, you make me laugh.

He added: “I can't sit here and watch this man be portrayed as someone he's not.” In fact, that couldn't be further from the truth.

'So I have to make it clear that this whole incident on Saturday night was a joke between Wynne and I. Is this a funny joke? Yes, is this a bad joke? Yes.'

Wynne, who has starred in GoCompare ads for more than a decade, said she was “heartbroken” by the fallout after some die-hard fans called for her to be fired from the show.

Speaking on BBC Radio Wales, where he presents his daily show, Evans said: “I am absolutely heartbroken by the things that have been written about me in the last day.

He said: “I am absolutely heartbroken by what has been written about me in the last day.

Katya and I are very close, we are good friends and on Saturday night we made a stupid joke.

'It was a stupid joke, it was wrong, well, we thought it was funny. It's not funny. This is completely misunderstood.

'Everything is in the Katya community. She talked about it. She explained that it was a joke. She didn't feel offended at all. She didn't feel uncomfortable.

“We have a wonderful friendship, an absolutely close friendship, and I'm sorry if anyone is offended by that, but it's a joke and yeah, that's it, there's really no real story.”

And I feel weird apologizing because I feel like I didn't really do anything.

Interviewed on Radio Wales Breakfast before launching his own show on the station, he admitted he “judged wrong” and confirmed he was “still absolutely prepared.”

He said: “I'm having the time of my life. “I don't want it to be something that people remember.”

Last Sunday, Evans and Jones posted a video on Instagram saying they made a mistake the night before at the 'gladiatory' and apologized. It's a stupid joke.

And responding to several X users, earlier on Twitter, the dancer said: 'You got our joke!'

At another point Saturday night, Jones didn't want to high-five his famous partner.

A caption accompanying the video explained: “High fives are a running joke.”

They were kept chaperones during rehearsals this year following a review launched by the BBC after Sherlock actress Amanda Abington complained about her 2023 professional dance partner, Giovanni Bernice.

At another point Saturday night, Jones didn't want to high-five his famous partner.

At another point Saturday night, Jones didn't want to high-five his famous partner.

The BBC apologized to Abingdon and said: “We have assessed the complaints and confirmed some, but not all.”

Bernice has always denied the allegations and said she was “delighted” after the trial cleared her of most allegations of wrongdoing.

Outlining the programme's new mandatory maintenance measures in September, the BBC said: 'In July, we introduced new measures for training and rehearsals, which are in place for this year's programme.

'There was always a member of the production team present during rehearsals in the training room; Two new roles in the program dedicated to social support: a social welfare producer for celebrities and a social welfare producer for professional dancers (both started working in August); Additional training for professional dancers, production team and crew.