Katya Jones fears her 'maternal clock' is ticking
Katya Jones has shared her concerns about her "maternal clock" ticking.
The 'Strictly Come Dancing' professional was married to her co-star on the BBC One Latin and ballroom show, Neil Jones, 42, before she was caught smooching her celebrity dance partner, comedian Seann Walsh, 38, in 2018.
And the 35-year-old dancer has admitted it's a struggle to balance her career with meeting someone and starting a family.
Speaking on pal Aimee Fuller's 'Monday Mile' podcast, she said: "Yes. Modern females of our age, we can have careers, pursue our passions. Be happy and fulfilled on our own. However, on the other side, it doesn't stop our maternal clock or our ageing process, unfortunately. So how do you balance those two things?"
Katya faced a barrage of abuse online for the infidelity with Seann, who also had a girlfriend at the time, but she insists she has learned how to "disconnect from it".
She said: “I have totally learned to disconnect from it.
“It does not define who I am. What matters to me is us walking right now, you knowing who I am and that’s enough. That is enough for me.
“My family knowing and loving me for who I am, that’s enough for me.
“But would I like to add value to the world? Yes. And I already do it in some ways.
“Sometimes people ask me, what do you do for a job? And I think I make people happy because that’s what Strictly does.”
As for Seann, he is still haunted by the kissing scandal, and recently revealed he has never danced since and is even disturbed by 'Strictly No Parking' zones.
The stand-up - who was in a relationship with actress Rebecca Humphries at the time - told fellow comic Russell Howard on the 'Wonderbox' podcast: "I do not dance. What it is more actually is when you turn up to any car park or something, and it says, 'Strictly No Parking'. I still just go, 'Arghh', every time I see it.
"I can hear the word — like a dog hearing something — I can just hear the word strictly and I still go, 'Arghh!'"
Neil has moved on with 'Love Island' star Chyna Mills, 25, with whom he welcomed a daughter, Havana, in October, and is engaged to.
