For most people, going to work every day with your ex would be considered a fate worse than death. But thankfully for Katya Jones – and Strictly Come Dancing bosses – she isn’t most people. She and fellow dancer Neil , 42, may have broken up in 2018 but the pair spend almost half the year together – first on the hit show and then the tour.
“It’s sad that this seems to be unusual [being friends with your ex-husband],” she explains. “It doesn’t have to be that way does it? Gosh, we knew each other since we were 18 and started dancing. We lived a life together, it was me and him against the world , chasing our dreams.
We were the only people there for each other so of course there is a much more profound connection there so you can’t just throw that away.” Their split came just 10 months after Katya, 35, was pictured kissing comic Seann Walsh . Neil has previously said the fall-out had nothing to do with their decision to part ways.
And since then Neil has got engaged to Chyna Mills, 25, and had a baby, Havana, who is now seven months old. Katya and Neil broke up in 2018 ( Image: Getty Images) But the pair still work closely together on Strictly Come Dancing ( Image: PA) “It’s incredible, they are all doing so well, and I love his little girl,” she says. “I met her when she came on tour.
She is beautiful and he is a really good dad.” Neil met Russian Katya in 2008 when he was dancing in Blackpool and in need of a professional partner. They took th.
