Overview

• The pre-recorded Strictly Come Dancing launch airs Saturday, with Skinner remaining in the 2025 lineup.
• Paparazzi photographed Skinner dining in Brentwood with his wife, Sinead Chambers, and their three children days after his interview.
• Katherine Ryan challenged his claim the episode is forgotten, saying, “I promise you, your wife has not forgotten,” on her podcast.
• O’Rourke disputes his account, saying he introduced her as his girlfriend and professed love, and she claims to have documentary “receipts.”
• BBC director general Tim Davie defended the casting to MPs, adding the corporation would not accept views or behaviour beyond the pale.