Seann Walsh raged at fellow Strictly pro after he joked about Katya Jones snog

Strictly Come Dancing star Seann Walsh was left raging with Graeme Swann after he joked about his snog with Katya Jones.

The cricketer, who counts Seann as a close pal on the show, was shocked by his friend’s furious reaction after teasing him about the kiss scandal.

Graeme thought he would poke fun at Seann and Katya as they met up for the first time since being pictured kissing in the street .

However, the comedian "didn’t see the funny side" and stormed off in anger after Graeme joked about how many "awkward introductions" he would have to make.

Speaking on BBC Five Live’s Test Match Special Podcast, Graeme blamed Seann for the public backlash because he was "playing with fire".


Graeme made the revelation on the podcast in the middle of training for this weekend’s tango.

On his first meeting with Seann after the scandal broke, he said: "I was the first person he saw when he walked in on the Friday. I was there with a stupid grin on my face laughing at him.

"Not at what he’d done but the situation he found himself in all week.

"Thinking he’s a comedian he’ll find the lighter side of this – he didn’t.

"I said ‘I’m going to follow you around. I want to see how awkward the 35 introductions you do to everyone today, since the incident, are going to be’."


But Seann, who was dumped by his then girlfriend Rebecca Humphries after the snaps emerged, was not up for a laugh.

Graeme continued: "Again I thought he’d find the funny side. He just looked at me and said ‘Please don’t, mate’ and walked off.

"People take things in different ways, it was his own fault, if you play with fire you’re going to get burnt one day aren’t you."

Graeme also revealed that, although the celebs and pros look cosy on screen, not everyone is getting on well.

On whether the affection was real, he said: "For the most part it is. There’s always one or two, just like in the cricket team, one or two no one likes but pretends to for the good of the show."

Seann and Katya did manage to survive last week as the combined judges’ scores and public vote saved them.

But Anton du Beke claimed Seann and Katya were ‘overmarked’ in the wake of the snog scandal.

Speaking on yesterday’s This Morning, Anton claimed the pair were "kindly marked" on last weekend’s show.

Anton confessed he did not think they merited a score of 28, which took them up to fifth place in the leaderboard and helped them progress to another week.

*Strictly Come Dancing airs on Saturday on BBC One

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