“I mean obviously that sort of teaching wouldn’t be available today. You know, things have changed and come a long way in 40 years since I trained. And plus, I don’t teach. I’m not an actual teacher.”

BBC Breakfast Charlie Stayt said for Strictly it’s like the “lid has been lifted” and he asked whether Revel Horwood was worried about how it might impact the BBC show when it returns in the autumn.

Revel Horwood said: “I’m sure. Training everyone is different, and everyone has been brought up differently as a dancer to train people, I guess what they learn they carry on into the training room.”

Chaperones are common in the theatre world and for Strictly, Revel Horwood was sure this was the best solution. With his theatrical background, he shared his own experiences. He said: “I think it’s a good thing that the BBC, they are bringing people into the rehearsal rooms, they are mediators.

“We have chaperones in the theatre all the time, chaperones all the time, especially with children and younger people. We always have that. It’s a good thing to have a third eye on the whole situation.”

Elsewhere in the conversation, Revel Horwood said the allegations had come as news to him because the judges are kept separate from the pros and celebrities taking part.

“I was completely gobsmacked by the whole thing,” Craig said. “Of course, I found out with the press, because the judges are all kept very separate from all the participants and all the pros, and the only time we ever see each other is when we’re impulsively going to the studio. You don’t really get an opportunity to know what happens in the rehearsal room, and that’s not part of our job.”

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Source: New York Post