Neil Jones forgives wife Katya for Seann Walsh kiss
OHMYGOSSIP — Neil Jones has forgiven Katya Jones for kissing Seann Walsh.
The ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ professionals’ marriage was rocked last year when the Russian dancer was pictured locking lips with her celebrity partner, but the 36-year-old star has been able to “accept” she made a mistake and they have moved on.
He said: “I think, for me, I can accept people make mistakes. My mum always said: ‘People make mistakes in their lives. Don’t react, try to understand’. So that is how it always is for me.”
And the couple were also thankful for the support of their families during the scandal.
He said in a joint interview with HELLO! magazine: “When our family contacted us seeing something has happened and that’s not nice, but they said, ‘We know you, and we still love you, we know you have made a mistake.”
Katya added: “That’s what helped us get through it. We only focused on people who know us and love us.”
The 29-year-old dancer admitted it was “quite shocking” to be thrust into the spotlight as a result of the kiss, but her biggest concern was for Neil.
She said: “We knew we just had to sort it out ourselves. It was quite shocking to be suddenly so exposed and everyone has an opinion on it but we just wanted to focus on us. My first thought was for Neil.”
The scandal saw Katya bombarded with cruel comments online so her husband urged her to “stop looking” because she was getting so upset.
She said: “I look at everything as a massive learning process. But actually drop by drop, people typing horrible and unkind things about you, does affect you. The hate I felt made me very sad. Neil told me, ‘Stop reading, stop looking’. I knew I had to focus on what I do best, my dancing, my choreography, my job to the best of my ability.”
Source: Female First
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