Strictly Come Dancing professional dancer Katya Jones has returned to social media, by declaring she and her celebrity dance partner Mike Bushell “have got each others backs”.
The 30 year old professional dancer posted a photo of herself lifting Mike, 53, in the air by her back on Instagram just days after vowing to quit social media.
She then wrote in the caption: “We’ve got each other’s back partner @mikebushellofficial ! Always making me a proud teacher! Look how far you’ve come! Thank you everyone who supports us! Week 8! Wow #teambabushka #strictly #strictlycomedancing #strictlycomedancing2019”.
The star has since posted another photo of herself and other Strictly contestant Michelle Visage, showing her previous Instagram share wasn’t a fluke.
Katya’s social media posts come just days after she vowed to quit social media, labelling it “negative”.
Speaking to The Sun on Sunday, she said: “I’m off social media; it’s not real.
“For me, it’s real what we’re doing with our dancing and performance.
She added: “There’s no need for negatives. I just want to do my own thing.”
The dancing pro’s bold statement comes after her dance partner Mike received a chilling death threat online, which told Mike to quit Strictly or he would be a “dead man”, after he was saved over Catherine Tyldesley.
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Speaking of his “disappointment” over the threat, he told The Sun: “It said that unless I withdraw from the competition now I'm a dead man.
“It was personal and I thought WTF. There are bigger things in the world to worry about. I get that people have their own favourite dancers but it's an entertainment show at the end of the day and to get a death threat is ridiculous.”
He later told Mirror Online: “My wife saw it first and when I went to see who had sent it, they had already removed the tweet. A death threat? What?! On Strictly?
“You rise above it but it's people being cowardly isn't it? The show is meant to be happy, make people feel happy.”
Mike’s wife Emily also publicly defended her husband over the threat and told Mirror Online: “This level of abuse is shocking. He's just a contestant, giving his all.”
Katya has also been on the receiving end of online trolling in the past. The dancer received several scathing comments about her online after she was pictured kissing her previous celebrity partner Seann Walsh last year.
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The dancing pro reacted by liking several negative tweets of herself online, including one which called her “trash”.
Since publicly apologising for the kiss, Katya announced her split from her husband Neil Jones, who also works on Strictly.
The couple shared a lengthy shared statement on their Instagram pages in August this year.
The statement, posted on both their social media pages, read: “Hi everyone, as our fans and loyal supporters you are really important to us and so we wanted to let you know some news.
“After 11 years, we have made the mutual decision to separate. We will always love each other, just in a different way as friends.”
The pair have continued to work alongside each other on Strictly. And a rep for the couple insisted Katya's kiss with Seann had nothing to do with the end of their relationship.
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