BBC star reveals he’s groped by fans when posing for pictures
FORMER Strictly star Pasha Kovalev says some fans like his rump more than his rumba.
The hunky dancer revealed he often gets his bum groped while posing for pictures.
But Pasha, 43, laughed it off as “banter” and said his wife Rachel Riley has nothing to fear.
He said: “Sometimes it happens when you take a picture with a fan, a cheeky hand goes down and gives you a squeeze on the bum and you say to yourself, ‘Oh hello!’.
“But luckily it’s nothing for Rachel to be worried about! It’s banter at the end of the day.”
Russian hoofer Pasha quit BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing in 2018 after eight series.
He won with tragic telly host Caroline Flack in 2014 and has two children with his former 2013 celeb partner Rachel.
Pasha is now performing in stage show La Bamba! with Strictly’s Italian star Graziano Di Prima.
Countdown host Rachel, 37, has previously told of her groping experiences with male fans.
The Channel 4 maths whizz said: “This married couple came up to me and the lady said, ‘Oh, my husband really likes watching you, do you mind if we just . . .’ and he squeezed my arse. I didn’t know what to do with myself.
“I was a bit shocked and stood back and they didn’t get invited back to the audience. You get the odd arse grabber.”