Wynne Evans has revealed he was on suicide watch after he exited the ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ dwell tour.
The 53-year-old opera singer – who’s greatest identified for showing within the GoCompare adverts – took half within the BBC Latin and ballroom sequence final yr and had been starring within the nationwide tour alongside his fellow contestants, till it emerged that he had made a remark that was deemed sexually inappropriate throughout a photograph name.
Wynne had used the sexually suggestive time period “spit roast” to explain host Janette Manrara throughout a personal joke with ‘EastEnders’ actor and former co-star Jamie Borthwick and apologised for the error, which he insists was not supposed in the way in which it was perceived.
He instructed The Solar: “I didn’t see the assertion. Outdated Spit-roast Boy was a nickname for Jamie Borthwick. I’m not a nasty man, I’m not a misogynist, I’m not any of these items.”
Insisting that it was meant to explain Jamie, not Janette, he continued: “I might be the primary to apologise if I had used it within the double that means of that phrase. Nevertheless it completely wasn’t meant sexually – and the actual fact I used ‘boy’, all proper it’s nuanced, nevertheless it reveals I used to be speaking to Jamie, NOT Janette.
“Anyway two weeks after that photocall, I used to be sat on this lodge room and I begin to get these calls saying, ‘You’ve used a time period that’s actually offensive’. After which I’ve acquired my group ringing me, I’ve acquired the Strictly group ringing me, I’ve acquired the tour group ringing me.”
Wynne claims he had no thought a press assertion addressing the incident had been launched.
He stated: “After all, your pure response is, in case you’re instructed you’ve offended somebody, you say, ‘God, I’m so sorry’. And so I went, ‘I’m so sorry’. And that was taken as a proper apology, so the press group issued a press release. I didn’t see it.”
Wynne was left “completely horrified” by the apology and felt “ashamed of himself”.
He went on: “After I learn the apology throughout the context of the story because it had been written, I used to be completely horrified. And I used to be embarrassed and I used to be ashamed of myself. As a result of the apology all the time makes it look worse.
“It validates the story. It’s been a very terrible previous few months, having to maintain my counsel and let the narrative that I’m some kind of weirdo run. I’m not a misogynist, I’m not any of these items.”
His apology learn: “My language was inappropriate and unacceptable for which I sincerely apologise.”
Wynne was seen by an NHS disaster group because the ordeal took its toll on his psychological well being.
