I'm A Celebrity star Seann Walsh opens up on Strictly cheating scandal

11.11.2022 - 08:07 / dailyrecord.co.uk

Seann Walsh has opened up to his fellow campmates about his infamous kiss with Katya Jones during his Strictly Come Dancing stint.

As well as his award-winning comedy shows, Seann’s best known for taking part in the BBC ballroom dancing series in 2018, where he ended up sharing a kiss with then-married professional dance partner Katya. Speaking with Coronation Street actress Sue Cleaver, Seann, 36, admits the incident was the 'worst moment of his life'.

Seann and Katya were photographed kissing in the street outside a pub, which made headlines across the UK as they were both in relationships with separate people. Katya was married at the time to fellow professional dancer Neil Jones, while Seann was in a relationship with then-girlfriend Rebecca Humphries. They have both split since then.

Seann spoke about news surrounding him on Strictly and said: “Me and my dance partner, who was married, I was in a relationship, we were photographed kissing when we were on Strictly Come Dancing… that was the front page of every newspaper.”

Sue asked: “Why did that crucify you? Why did that have such an impact?” Seann responded: “To be totally honest with you, my poor ex, my girlfriend at the time, posted a statement. My girlfriend [at the time] posted a statement and that was the end of me.”

He added: “I said sorry. I sat on Jonathan Ross’s TV show and apologised. I sat next to will.i.am and Samuel L. Jackson and apologised. That will forever be the weirdest moment of my life and I have to say probably the worst moment of my life.”

In the Bush Telegraph Seann said: “That’s something in my life that I don’t want to go back to. Obviously I knew it would come up. They come up so naturally here.

"I just want to move on. It’s really nice to