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Katya Jones: Strictly pro got 'kick up the a**e' amid hard time on BBC show 'I'm in tears'
Strictly Come Dancing star Katya Jones, 31, spoke candidly about how her mother gave her some tough love when she became "tearful" during a difficult time last year.The Russian-born star was previously pictured kissing her dance partner Seann Walsh, 34, during a night out in 2018.Speaking on The Makers Podcast, she confessed her Korean-born mother Tatiana Kim gave her a "kick up the a**e" and told her to "toughen up".Katya's admission comes after the dancer split from husband Neil in August last year.The Strictly star explained: "It has been really hard."During Strictly last year I had a really bad, emotional moment, I called my mum on FaceTime because I didn’t want people to understand what I was saying."I felt so sorry for myself, I was