Neil Jones tattoos revealed: Strictly Come Dancing star shows off secret ink
STRICTLY Come Dancing pro Neil Jones is known for his jaw-dropping moves, but he recently took to Instagram to show a side of him viewers may not see on the dance floor. Away from the sequins of Strictly, it seems Jones has another, unexpected hobby in the form of a tattoo gun. Where are all of his secret tattoos?
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Professional dancer and Strictly star Neil Jones is no stranger to being in the limelight, waltzing his way across the stage every week. This year he has taken to screens once again for the 2019 competition, paired up with English footballer Alex Scott. The pair have been hard at work preparing for their routines, frequently updating their social media with fun videos and pictures of them in the practise studio. However, Jones has also used his Instagram to reveal a little more about himself.
Did it hurt? YES
It turns out that he has quite an impressive tattoo collection, which he manages to hide from the Strictly cameras.
In total the dancer has five tattoos - some of them surprisingly large.
In his caption he wrote: “Did it hurt? YES How many do u have? FIVE Do they have meanings? YES”
His biggest one is a huge black cross accompanied by two snarling wolves on his back.
Black and red text accompanies the piece posing an introspective question.
The tattoo reads: “Which wolf wins? The one you feed.”
The dancer has revealed the deeper meaning of the artwork saying that it reflects the two alternative sides of his personality.
"Not many people realise how many tattoos I actually have,” he wrote on his Instagram page.
However, the giant wolf mural isn’t Neil’s only piece of ink.
He also has a beautiful piece encompassed of several birds on his arm, which has a very personal meaning.
The dancer reveals he’s quite the family man, saying that each of the birds represents the females in his life.
He also has “who dares win” written in Latin. He said: “I took many risks in my dancing career and I won.”
The 37-year-old additionally opened up about a tattoo dedicated to his now ex-wife Katya Jones.
The pair, who married in 2013, announced their separation via Instagram in August.
Despite this Neil continues to bear a reminder of their relationship with one of his tattoos.
He decided to get the tattoo following his proposal to his fellow strictly star.
Finally, he has a piece on his right arm which is a quote by Joseph Chilton Pearce about the value of creativity.
It reads: “To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong." The quote is surrounded by musical symbols.
In total the dance star says he has spent around 60 hours under the gun.
As part of tonight’s Hollywood movie themed show Neil will take to the stage with his footballer partner to dance the Rumba to How Far I’ll go by Auli’I Cravalho from the film Moana.
The pair have already been placed in the spotlight following a hilarious incident last week when a recording from Neil’s microphone caught him making some strange comments.
The It Takes Two show, which is on BBC Two, secretly caught some of the dancers' mid-show conversations, with Neil complimenting Alex’s leg.
He described it as his “favourite leg” sending viewers into hysterics.