This entire "affair" thing is really irritating the nerves out of me!!
When Jay started, he couldn't speak for being so nervous, he looked like a rabbit caught in the headlights. He is young but not an immature young man, he knew what he was signing up for, the glitz, glamour and all the very close personal space being shared with your dance partner, the sexiness of the dances, the costumes, the whole great big fairytale that is Strictly.
Tess jumped on his nervousness, and held his hand for the first couple of weeks "you're shaking......" Actually, she holds the hand of every contestant as they stand before the judges, and she no longer speaks to him in terms of his nerves.
He seems a really nice young man, with a good family support, who is enjoying being caught up in the best TV competition of the year! All the couples hug, whisper, wrap their arms around each other. He is tall, he stoops to hug Aliona. I don't see him "nuzzle" her neck other than hug her and place his head down to rest on her shoulder when he hugs her. Similarly to how my big 6'4" brother does to me his little 5'1" Sister!!
Aliona is, I think, sparking the fuel here. On Saturday she was much worse than the previous week. She kept mauling at him, stroking his face, when they waited for the leaderboard results at the end of Saturday's show, he had both his hands on the chair....she grabbed his hand. I don't know why she is doing it, but her behaviour from last to this week was significantly different. It was actually quite nauseating, but I didn't see him respond to her.
All I wish is that she would step back, be his PROFESSIONAL in every sense of the word Dance Partner. Lead him to Victory..................and then let them do whatever they chose to do, but leave Strictly out of it, and concentrate on smashing Peter Andre out of the runnings