Strictly Come Dancing star Neil Jones has shared heartbreaking news with his followers this week.
The 43-year-old professional dancer revealed on Instagram that his father died, with a post he shared with fans on Thursday, November 13. Neil, who is in a relationship with Love Island star Chyna Mills, 26, posted a series of black-and-white photos of his dad as fans and fellow Strictly stars flooded the comments with messages of support.
He wrote: “Yesterday I said goodbye to my Dad for the final time, I thought I knew my dad but yesterday I realised I didn’t after hearing so many lovely & funny stories from family and his closest friends, I know he would be smiling looking down with a pint in his hand. Thank you Wendy and everyone for making it such a special day. RIP DAD.” His Strictly co-stars were quick to offer their condolences. Karen Hauer said: “Sending all our love Neil.” Diane Buswell expressed: “Jonsey sending you so much love.”
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AJ Pritchard wrote: “Sending love.” James Jordan added: “Mate. I’m so so sorry for your loss – sending love.”
Nancy Xu commented: “Sending you lots of love.” Judge Motsi Mabuse also wrote: “So Sorry Neil.”
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Fans joined in with heartfelt tributes, with one writing: “Im sorry for your loss. Sending you love and healing prayers.” A seconf fan said: “So sorry for your loss.” A third wrote: “So sorry to read this Neil! I hope you’re ok xxx.”
Neil has long been a part of Strictly Come Dancing after joining the beloved dance series in 2016. However, over the years, he hasn’t always been assigned a celebrity partner – including in the latest series.
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Last weekend’s show saw the competition heating up once again. Former Geordie Shore star Vicky Pattison and her partner Kai Widdrington delivered the performance of the night with a fierce tango to The Fate of Ophelia by Taylor Swift, earning them the top spot on the leaderboard. Close behind were Love Island’s Amber Davies and her partner Nikita Kuzmin.
Unfortunately, Gladiators star Harry Aikines-Aryeetey and his partner Karen Hauer found themselves in the dance-off. They were pitted against La Voix and Aljaž Škorjanec, but the judges unanimously voted to save La Voix, making Harry the sixth celebrity eliminated from the series.
Meanwhile, fans have recently been delighted as it was announced on Thursday that four former contestants are set to returnto the dance floor for Blackpool week, Layton Williams, Ashley Roberts, Jay McGuiness, and Danny Mac.
Earlier this year, Todd Chrisley received a pardon from the President. However, Patricia Altschul is a tougher sell. Unlike POTUS, this Southern Charm star refuses to absolve Todd of his verbal crimes. Instead, this queen honey bee is standing ten wealthy toes down, adamant that Charleston is not a place for a “felon” like Todd.
Todd and Patricia are the reality feud I never saw coming. Their tiny tit for tat started after Todd’s release from prison. “During the [post-prison] press conference, I had stated that we are doing a hotel and it’s going to be near Charleston, South Carolina,” Todd explained. In response, Patricia said, “Well, there goes the neighborhood.”
Well, Todd did not like that. So, he made several jests about Patricia, which mainly focused on her older age and her finances. Overall, it was gross.
So, recently clapping back via Decider, Pat quipped, “He’s very irrelevant. I said four words—there goes the neighborhood — and he went on, and he did a whole program about me. It was just a comment in passing.” Nevertheless, Patricia stands by her original stance, saying, “We just don’t need any more felons in Charleston.”
Todd and his wife, Julie Chrisley, were indicted on charges of wire fraud, conspiracy to commit bank fraud, and conspiracy to defraud the United States back in 2019. They swore they were innocent. Yet, they were still found guilty. In all, The Chrisleys: Back to Reality stars received a combined 19 years in federal prison, but thanks to their pardons, they walked out of their prison cells for good in May of this year.
And now, Ms. Pat wants them to heed her words and not walk toward her in Charleston.
Southern Charm Season 11 premieres on November 19, 2025, at 9 p.m. ET/PT on Bravo. New episodes are available to stream the next day on Peacock, or Hayu in Canada, the UK, and Ireland.