Katya Jones has shared her concerns about her “mother clock” working ahead of her 35th birthday this month.
The Strictly Come Dancing professional was married to her co-star on the BBC One Latin and ballroom dance show Neil Jones, 42, before she was caught kissing her famous dance partner, comedian Seann Walsh, 38 years, in 2018.
And the dancer has admitted that it is difficult to balance her career with meeting someone and starting a family.
Speaking on her friend Aimee Fuller’s Monday Mile podcast, she said: ‘Yes. We modern women of our time can have careers, pursue our passions.
‘Be happy and fulfilled on our own. However, on the other hand, unfortunately it does not stop our maternal clock or our aging process. So how do you balance those two things?
Strictly’s Katya Jones has shared her concerns about how her ‘mother clock’ is working ahead of her 35th birthday this month.
She also revealed how she deals with trolls after THAT Seann Walsh kissing scandal (seen together during their time on the show in 2018).
She was married to her BBC One Latin and ballroom dance show co-star Neil Jones, 42, before she was caught kissing her famous dance partner, comedian Seann.
Katya faced a barrage of online abuse over her infidelity with Seann, who also had a girlfriend at the time, but she insists she has learned to “switch off from it”.
She said: ‘I’ve totally learned to tune it out.
‘It doesn’t define who I am. What matters to me is that right now we walk, that you know who I am and that is enough. That is enough for me.
‘That my family knows me and loves me as I am, that is enough for me.
‘But would I like to add value to the world? Yes. And I already do it in some way.
‘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’s still haunted by the kissing scandal, recently revealing he’s never danced since and even resents ‘Strictly No Parking’ zones.
The comedian, who at the time was in a relationship with actress Rebecca Humphries, told fellow comedian Russell Howard on the Wonderbox podcast: “I don’t dance.” What really happens is when you pull up to some parking lot or something and it says, “Strictly no parking.” I still say ‘Arghh’ every time I see him.
“I can hear the word, like a dog hearing something. I can hear the word strictly and still say, ‘Arghh!’
And the dancer has admitted that it is difficult to balance her career with meeting someone and starting a family.
Neil has moved on with Love Island star Chyna Mills, 25, with whom he welcomed daughter Havana, in October, and is engaged to
Neil has moved on with Love Island star Chyna Mills, 25, with whom he welcomed daughter Havana in October, and to whom he is engaged.
In January, Neil admitted that he and his ex-wife Katya never talked about having babies in the future.
The dancer, 41, also revealed in an exclusive interview with MailOnline that he and his fiancée Chyna talked about children just three months after their romance.
He explained that he and his Strictly co-star Katya were always too focused on their careers and dancing to consider starting a family.
Neil was married to Katya for six years before calling it quits in August 2019, following his kiss with his 2018 Strictly partner Seann.
He and Love Island star Chyna welcomed their first daughter, Havana, in October, seven months after announcing their engagement and just over a year since they went public with their romance in August 2022.
When asked about family plans with Katya, Neil told MailOnline in an interview for his collaboration with Burns Pet Nutrition: ‘No, we never really talked about children.
“We were busy with dancing and our careers and things like that.”
The twinkle-fingered star explained that while he and Chyna had baby fever just three months later, they didn’t expect the pregnancy to happen so quickly.
Katya faced an avalanche of online abuse over her infidelity with Seann, who also had a girlfriend at the time, but she insists she has learned to “switch off from it”.
He explained that when he and Chyna met, they “hit it off really well” and now it’s funny how quickly they got into a serious conversation.
“I have a lot of nieces and nephews, and when I met Chyna we got along very well,” he added. “And it’s so funny that three months later we both got into that conversation about having a kid and said, ‘Yeah, let’s try it.’
‘We never thought this would happen so quickly. We were both delighted.
Neil and Love Island star Chyna welcomed their baby, Havana, in October 2023, shortly after announcing their engagement.
