Strictly stars in huge rift as they want Seann Walsh and Katya Jones voted off after creating ‘toxic atmosphere’ backstage following cheating scandal
Many of the professional dancers and their celebrity partners are #TeamNeil
A DEEP rift has developed among the Strictly contestants following the Katya Jones and Seann Walsh cheating scandal.
Some of the stars want the pair to be voted off the show to get rid of the 'toxic atmosphere' their affair has caused.
Insiders say some of the professional dancers and celebrities feel sorry for Katya's husband, fellow Strictly star Neil Jones, and are firmly on #TeamNeil.
Not only is Neil a hugely popular member of the Strictly family, he is also respected as a talented choreographer.
As a result, Katya and Seann are being shunned by some of their fellow Strictly stars, aside from Karen Clifton - who was involved in her own scandal last year.
A source told The Sun Online: "Katya is very much the star of the Jones household with Neil not having a celebrity partner on the show.
"But behind the scenes things could not be more different - Neil is a top bloke and an all round good egg.
"He's also an extremely talented choreographer who lends his time and talent to helping lots of the celeb pairings choreograph their routines.
"He has the full support of everyone on the show. They really feel for him.
"Katya and Seann on the other hand have become isolated, but Karen Clifton supporting Katya because she was on the receiving end last year.
"Everyone else is very much #TeamNeil."
Comic Seann's behaviour has been described as "cocky and arrogant" after the indiscretion - and the insider says that, for the first time in the show's history, there is a genuine atmosphere backstage.
They continued: "Seann's sheer arrogance and cockiness is unforgivable. Katya has been a little more subdued than usual, but he has shown no remorse whatsoever.
"It's the first time there has ever been a divide in the camp, and that it is becoming more marked as the days go on with the feeling being that the sooner they go the sooner everyone else can get back to being 'the Strictly family'."
Katya and Seann were pictured sharing a passionate snog earlier this month - just weeks after they were partnered up together for the BBC One dance show.
Both stars were in relationships at the time and immediately issued grovelling apologies - dubbing the kiss a "drunken mistake".
Seann's girlfriend, Rebecca Humphries, released an emotional statement the day after the photos were published to confirm that she had dumped the comic - who she also accused of "gaslighting".
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Meanwhile, Katya took to It Takes Two to insist that her marriage to Neil is "fine" - although viewers spotted the dancer looking stony-faced following Katya and Seann's pizza-themed Charleston at the weekend.
Fans of the show were left stunned when the pair were not eliminated from the competition on Sunday night - with some even claiming that the judges had "overmarked" them.
Instead, Katie Piper and her partner Gorka Marquez left the show after landing in the dance-off alongside Charles Venn and Karen Clifton.
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