Wynne Evans ‘taking time without work’ BBC Radio Wales present

Broadcaster Wynne Evans will likely be “taking time without work” from presenting his present on BBC Radio Wales, BBC Wales has confirmed.

It follows controversy round Evans’ behaviour as he apologised for what he known as an “inappropriate and unacceptable” remark through the Strictly Come Dancing dwell tour launch earlier this month.

The Mail on Sunday stated Evans made the sexualised comment on the Birmingham Enviornment because the group of dancers and their movie star companions ready for a photograph on stage.

BBC Wales refused to touch upon whether or not Evans had voluntarily taken go away from his programme on Monday or if he had been requested to not current.

Former head of governance at BBC Wales, Karl Davies, stated there may very well be grounds to research the remark.

In an interview with Newyddion S4C, Mr Davies, who was head of governance between 2007 and 2011, stated: “One may argue he has introduced the BBC into disrepute. He has acknowledged the feedback had been inappropriate and unacceptable.

“I do not know whether or not the BBC will need to punish him for these feedback, however there are actually grounds to research what has occurred and whether or not they should transfer ahead with a disciplinary course of or not.”

Evans starred in BBC One’s Strictly Come Dancing with dance accomplice Katya Jones final 12 months, turning into the eighth pair to be voted out of the competitors.

He’s now participating within the collection tour throughout the UK, with the final of the 30 performances scheduled for 9 February.

The presenter didn’t dance throughout Saturday’s present in Glasgow due to an ankle harm, although he did sing.

However a consultant for the Strictly dwell tour confirmed Evans would proceed to participate, together with on the subsequent present on Tuesday in Liverpool.

In a press release issued to BBC Information on Sunday, Evans stated his language was “inappropriate and unacceptable, for which I sincerely apologise”.

Evans was anticipated to current his BBC Radio Wales present on Monday morning, however in a press release, BBC Wales stated that comic Robin Morgan, who has lined for Evans previously, will likely be presenting in Evans’ place whereas he takes a while off.

A spokesperson for the Strictly Dwell Tour and BBC Studios stated that they had made it very clear to Evans that they “don’t tolerate such behaviour on the tour”.

They added they weren’t beforehand conscious of the comment and didn’t obtain any complaints.

Ann Williams from Welsh Ladies’s Assist instructed Newyddion S4C: “As an organisation, what we’d ask is {that a} office as massive because the BBC ought to have sturdy insurance policies in place, that individuals ought to really feel protected – workplaces needs to be protected areas.”

She stated “it appears in cases like this that is not all the time the case”, including that the charity “sees this as one thing that is widespread”.

Ms Williams stated that office harassment was typically dismissed as “banter” but when it created a way of discomfort or meant somebody was not comfortable within the office, then it was not banter.

Evans’ representatives have been approached for remark.

The Welsh opera star has beforehand confronted criticism for “awkward moments” with skilled dance accomplice Jones throughout final 12 months’s Strictly Come Dancing collection.

However each Jones and Evans insisted the incidents – the place Jones seemed to say no a high-five from Evans and appeared to maneuver Evans’ hand from her waist – had been a part of a “working joke” between the pair.

Evans is most generally recognized for starring in adverts for Go.Evaluate from 2009.

The tenor can be that includes within the BBC collection Wynne & Joanna: All at Sea with actress Joanna Web page, which is being launched on Monday.

Skilled dancers Giovanni Pernice and Graziano Di Prima left Strictly Come Dancing final 12 months following allegations about their behaviour in the direction of their dance companions.

The BBC apologised to actress Amanda Abbington about Pernice’s behaviour through the 2023 collection of the present and upheld her complaints accusing him of verbal bullying and harassment.

The BBC introduced new welfare measures for Strictly final July, together with introducing chaperones in all rehearsal rooms, including two new welfare producers and offering further coaching for the skilled dancers, manufacturing group and crew.

Final 12 months’s collection was received by comic Chris McCausland, Strictly’s first blind contestant, who was paired with skilled dancer Dianne Buswell.