Strictly Come Dancing viewers had been left in shock after skilled dancer Neil Jones made a fake pas stay on air.
Regardless of being on the present since 2016, Neil, 41, had develop into identified for being one of many only a few skilled dancers to ever be given a celeb associate, so when the launch present on Saturday night time revealed he was paired with 80s legend Toya Wilcox, the star did little to cover his pleasure.
Speaking to the pair on the couch, Claudia joked that Neil had his personal line of merchandise, earlier than the cameras minimize to an image of Neil’s 11-month outdated daughter Havana carrying a child develop with the phrases: ‘My daddy FINALLY has a associate’.
Because the studio screamed and whopped, Neil fist pumped the air and repeatedly screamed ‘Lastly!’
Nonetheless some viewers had been left confused by the outburst and took to X to rapidly remind Neil that he had been paired up earlier than and so they hadn’t forgotten about it, regardless of him seemingly to.
Strictly Come Dancing viewers had been left in shock after skilled dancer Neil Jones made an enormous fake pas stay on air
Regardless of being on the present since 2016, Neil had develop into identified for being one of many few skilled dancers to be given a celeb associate, so when Saturday night time revealed he was paired with Toya Wilcox, the star did little to cover his pleasure
Taking to X one wrote: ‘”Daddy lastly has a associate” Erm did you overlook about this queen?!’ earlier than posting a picture of him with sports activities pundit Alex Scott, 39, who he reached the quarter finals with in 2019.
One other viewer posted a pictured of Neil with actress Nina Wadia, 54, who he was paired with two years later and captioned it: ‘Let’s not overlook Ninia Wadia who was majorly robbed by being eradicated first.’
Nonetheless others had been fast to return to the skilled dancer’s defence explaining that the entire thing was a joke as a result of the pairing had been a very long time coming.
‘As a result of it has been a few years not as a result of he by no means had one…it will be as a result of it has been an extended whereas…it has been some time…he hasn’t had a associate in years, it is form of an extended standing joke. Wasn’t saying he by no means had a associate.’
Because the present went on, when requested by Claudia what it felt prefer to be paired up with Neil, Toya replied: ‘I met Neil and I used to be in heaven. All of you’re stunning boys however not as stunning as Neil.’
Toya additionally made a promise that she could be ‘the primary pensioner to abseil by means of the studio.’
Earlier this yr the Latin dancer, revealed in an unique interview with MailOnline that not being on the forefront of Strictly meant that he was in a position to see his child daughter Havana’s beginning.
The TV character and Love Island star Chyna Mills, 24, welcomed their first child together in October 2023 after first going public with their romance in August 2022.
Speaking to the pair on the couch, Claudia joked that Neil had his personal line of merchandise, earlier than the cameras minimize to an image of Neil’s 11-month outdated daughter Havana carrying a child develop with the phrases: ‘My daddy FINALLY has a associate’
Because the studio screamed and whopped, Neil fist pumped the air and repeatedly screamed ‘Lastly!’
Some viewers had been left confused by the outburst and took to X to remind Neil that he had been paired up earlier than nonetheless others jumped to the dancers defence claiming it was a joke
Beforehand the Latin dancer revealed in an unique interview with MailOnline that not being on the forefront of the present meant that he was in a position to see his child daughter Havana’s beginning
The TV character and Love Island star Chyna Mills , 24, welcomed their first little one in October 2023 after first going public with their romance in August 2022 (pictured in November)
Chyna took to Instagram to announce her daughter’s arrival, she shared a black and white picture of her daughters toes and penned: ‘Our hearts are so full’ in October 2023
He instructed MailOnline: ‘This yr all the things occurred in the suitable manner, as a result of if I had a associate, I would not have been there for the beginning of my daughter’ (pictured June 2023)
On the time Neil instructed MailOnline: ‘I say to [show bosses] yearly when I’ve a associate or I haven’t got a associate. That does not hassle me.
‘I’d say, do what that you must do, for those who discover the suitable associate for me, I am there for you.
‘However do not feel that you must give me a celeb associate, that is not a precedence. I take pleasure in it once I get that probability at Christmas.
‘This yr all the things occurred in the suitable manner as a result of if I had a associate, I would not have been there for the beginning of my daughter.
‘So I am all the time so appreciative in direction of Strictly for being on this huge present and I belief them and respect them.’