Comedian Seann Walsh competed in series 16 of Strictly Come Dancing, alongside his professional partner Katya Jones, in 2018.
But it wasn’t their dancing prowess that placed them in the headlines.
They exited in week 6, after several newspapers chose to publish photographs of Seann and Katya kissing. Both were in long-term relationships at the time – with other people – making the photographs more than a little bit scandalous.
After the news of their affair broke, Seann’s mental health suffered. So, presumably, did the mental health of Katya and Seann’s respective partners. Three years later, he published a comedy special to his YouTube channel in which he talks at length about what happened.
At the start of his Kiss comedy special, Seann runs viewers through what happened immediately after the story made headlines (Credit: Seann Walsh/YouTube)
Comedian falls ‘victim’ to Strictly ‘curse’
The so-called Strictly Come Dancing “curse” describes the phenomenon of competitors becoming romantically involved with their dance partners.
In 2018, it came for Seann Walsh, on screen in Celebrity Catchphrase tonight (May 25).
He joined the cast of Strictly Come Dancing’s series 16 on September 8, 2018. His partner, Katya Jones, had won the show the previous year with Joe McFadden.
They had a natural chemistry, and viewers lapped it up. Then, between weeks three and four of the competition, he went from walking on air to being, in his own words, the “most hated comedian in Britain”.
After news of his and Katya’s affair reached the press, the pair agreed to a televised interview with Zoe Ball on the BBC show It Takes Two.
Katya and Seann agreed to an interview with Zoe Ball after the news leaked (Credit: BBC)
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