Katya Jones: ‘It started on a lie’ Strictly dancer speaks out on Neil Jones relationship
KATYA JONES has opened up about when she first met now husband and Strictly Come Dancing co-star, Neil Jones, and admitted it “started on a lie”.
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Katya Jones, 29, and her Strictly Come Dancing co-star and spouse Neil Jones, 36, chatted to their pals Craig and Evgeniya Shaw on their podcast A Shaw Thing recently.
The couple revealed to their dancing friends how they first met each other as they looked back fondly on their relationship.
Katya explained it “wasn’t a good start” when they first met as she insisted Neil lied to her.
“Our partnership started from a lie,” she spilled. “It wasn’t a very good start.”
It wasn’t a very good start
The professional said she believed Neil was a lot younger than he actually was when they began dancing together in competitions as a duo.
“I thought Neil was 20, 21, 22,” she said.
Katya continued: “He was 26! He was way too old for me to dance with but he dragged me into the partnership.”
Laughing about the memory, Neil then had his say and said: “No lies actually happened.
“I just didn’t contradict when she was talking about other dancers being really old at the age of 26.”
He added: “I just went with it. She never asked me my age. I look young, it was fine.”
When asked by his pal Craig whether Katya now knows his real age, the choreographer joked: “I don’t think so, she doesn’t know I’m actually 45.”
Elsewhere in the podcast, Neil took a swipe at his spouse and said he’s the “better half”.
Introducing himself, he began: “I’m Neil Jones. I’m the better half of us two.”
“Of the Jones',” Katya added.
Neil went on: “I’m the brains behind it all.”
The star also described himself as a dancer on Strictly Come Dancing who would be seen in the background.
“I’m best known for being the redhead in the background every Saturday night,” he joked.
“I’m a drinking game, every time they spot Neil have a shot.”
He added: “I’m paid to be there.”
Strictly Come Dancing is expected to return to BBC One later this year.