Former Strictly Come Dancing judge Arlene Phillips has said that the show is "not a hotbed of lust" despite the latest controversy that has engulfed a contestant and their professional partner.
Comedian Seann Walsh and dancer Katya Jones dominated headlines last week after they were snapped kissing, despite both having romantic partners.
Phillips has now said that the intensity of performing on the show throws the celebrities and professional dancers together physically and emotionally, which can lead to them falling in love.
"I think, in life, it's happening all the time," she told Good Morning Britain on Monday. "I don't think it's a hotbed of lust.
"I think the tension of Saturday night throws people together, physically, in every way, emotionally, sensually, dramatically."
"There is a great physicality, and I think people do fall in love with their partners", she added.
‘Secretly the tension of reaching a Saturday night throws people together.’
— Good Morning Britain (@GMB) October 15, 2018
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Walsh and Jones faced the music and returned to the Strictly dancefloor on Saturday after 'Kissgate' and impressed the judges with their Charleston
The pair had previously apologised in separate statements on social media and on Strictly spin-off show It Takes Two after they were photographed kissing after a night out in London.
Walsh had been in a long-term relationship with actress Rebecca Humphries, while Jones is married to fellow Strictly professional Neil Jones.
Meanwhile, Craig Revel Horwood has denied that Strictly Come Dancing judges fix their scores.
There have been accusations from some viewers that Seann Walsh and Katya Jones were marked too highly by the judges at the weekend, following the fallout over their controversial kiss.
But an extract from Horwood's memoirs, published in the Daily Mail, hits back at a claim by Ola Jordan, made when she quit in 2015, that the judges on the BBC One show over- or under-mark in order to influence a celebrity's position on the leader board.
"I can assure everyone we have never fixed anything in our lives. Our scores are honest reflections of what we see in front of us," Horwood wrote of ex-Strictly professional dancer Jordan's claim.
He also revealed how he misses previous head judge Len Goodman's "comedy", saying: "It will never be the same without Len and his earthy humour and quick wit", but he added he "was really pleased when Shirley (Ballas) got the job".
