Originally Posted by _elly001:
“I have been getting vibes from Jay, for sure. The way that Aliona is so affectionate with him but from the looks of things her husband isn't threatened in the slightest (the three of them even go out together) is the biggest giveaway IMO.
Also I wonder if the tabloids interest in posting these out-of-context shots of the two of them is their not-so-subtle way of hounding Jay out of the closet.”
I think you could well be right and it's a tactic the tabs use a lot, try to weed people out or wear them down by posting nonsense that forces them to step up and deny it which then leads to further speculation down another track. There's a lot of pyschology goes on and in my experience the tabs can appear stupid when they really are being 'intentionally stupid'.
'Thick in the right direction', as my ma would say.
I did a bit of digging back through SCD articles on Jay and Aliona and the tabloids had fixated on them during the show, announcing they had smouldering chemistry, and other totally yawn-inducing phrases never used to sell SCD before.
Jay had then stated in print that the rumours of an affair (the Strictly Curse!) made him want to 'disappear' and came across as uncomfortable with that sort of speculation. But the press persisted, finally digging up a pic of he and Aliona at a club with her hands on his neck. Not kissing pics I don't think, just affection, perhaps a little drunk and tactile. He wasn't really reciprocating in a way that could be construed as much in the snaps I saw. But they clearly are on great terms.
So, that's where we're at. The noises coming out of that camp are, as stated here, good friends, including with her husband, and they all go out together.
I've found the reasons the press goad people in general is not always purely for their own merriment. It can be because they want the 'scoop' and will offer a person or persons a first chance platform or good deal to tell their story, whatever it may be. Lots of wheeler-dealin' going on in Fleet Street for exclusives.