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STRICTLY pro dancer Katya Jones has quit social media after her dance partner Mike Bushell received death threats.
It also comes after she was “slut-shamed” by online trolls for kissing her 2018 Strictly partner Seann Walsh.
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Katya, 30, told the Sun on Sunday: “I’m off social media; it’s not real.
"For me, it’s real what we’re doing with our dancing and performance.
“There’s no need for negatives. I just want to do my own thing.”
In the past few days, BBC Breakfast host Mike has received warnings online, telling him to quit the BBC1 show or be a “dead man”.
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Trolls were furious he had been saved by head judge Shirley Ballas in the dance-off against ex-Corrie star Catherine Tyldesley.
Some viewers also called for Shirley to be sacked amid claims Mike was only kept in because he is a Beeb worker.
The controversy comes a year after Katya was embroiled in off-stage strife for snogging comedian Seann.
Ten months after the photos appeared in the Sun on Sunday, Katya and her Strictly pro husband Neil, 37, announced their separation.
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But Katya has vowed to continue wearing her wedding ring, saying: “It’s just too pretty to take off — and too expensive as well. I like looking at it but it doesn’t fit any other finger.”
Meanwhile, a defiant Shirley, 59, returned to the judging panel just four days after surgery to remove her breast implants.
She told The Sun she was having the 4½-hour op in case the inserts hid any signs of breast cancer in the future.
Also taking to the floor last night was Kevin Clifton, who partnered ex-football ace Alex Scott for the second week due to Neil having a leg injury.
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Favourites Kelvin Fletcher and Oti Mabuse put on a dazzling display as he spun her — and her sparkling frock — around.
Watching from the audience was paralympian Will Bayley, who looked close to tears.
The table tennis ace, 31, had to suddenly quit Strictly last week after injuring his knee.
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Katya Jones and Mike Bushell perform the tango inspired by Alice in Wonderland on Strictly Come Dancing
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