She insisted she was ‘best friends’ with her ex last week.
And Katya Jones, 31, certainly looked friendly with fellow dancer Neil, 38, as they met up on Monday.
The Strictly Come Dancing pair, who confirmed their split in August last year, met up outside Katya’s book launch.
Friendly exes: Neil Jones attended his ex Katya’s book launch in London on Monday as they showed the pair are still friends
Katya, who was snapped kissing her Strictly partner Seann Walsh in the 2018 series, wore a red top for the book unveiling.
She matched it with a pair of heeled red boots which had ‘Yass Queen’ written across them in gold lettering.
The star is promoting her motivational career coaching online course called Beyond Lockdown Empire.
Meeting up: The Strictly Come Dancing pair, who confirmed their split in August last year, met up outside Katya’s book launch
Unique style: Katya, who was snapped kissing her Strictly partner Seann Walsh in the 2018 series, wore a red top for the book unveiling
Supportive: Katya matched it with a pair of heeled red boots which had ‘Yass Queen’ written across them in gold lettering
She has worked on the new venture with fellow dancer Joanne Clifton and actress Sasha Latoya.
The project encourages people to stay productive during lockdown and maintaining that ambition as they slowly return to normal life.
At the launch, Neil cut a casual figure in a black Moschino hoodie, jeans and white trainers.
Entrepreneurial: Katya was joined by fellow Strictly dancer Joanne Clifton and actress Sasha Latoya at the launch
New project: The trio have worked on Beyond Lockdown Empire, a business venture and book written in lockdown
Stylish: At the launch, Neil cut a casual figure in a black Moschino hoodie, jeans and white trainers
Stepping out: Their new project encourages people to stay productive during lockdown and maintaining that ambition as they slowly return to normal life
Statement: Katya looked radiant in the buttoned-down blouse with ruffled sleeves which she paired with leather shorts
It comes after Katya admitted last week she ‘can’t wait’ to get back to work with her ex Neil, following their split.
Speaking ahead of the new series this autumn, the dancer insisted she and Neil are still ‘best friends,’ and have kept in touch despite ending their marriage last year.
It comes after Neil said he and Katya are in ‘no rush’ to get divorced as he insisted their split had ‘nothing to do’ with her scandalous kiss with comedian Seann.
Stunning: The dancing champion showcased her very toned legs in the short shorts for the launch
Still close: Strictly Come Dancing pro Katya admitted she ‘can’t wait’ to get back to work with her ex Neil
Katya told The Mirror: ‘We have fun all the time. We share our dog.
‘We FaceTime all the time. He’s showing me all there his new toys and projects and things like that. We’re really best friends.
‘It was our birthdays in May and we both made lovely videos for each other etc. So it’s nice. We love dancing together so I can’t wait to get back dancing.’
Friendly: The dancer insisted she and Neil are still ‘best friends,’ and have kept in touch despite ending their marriage last year (pictured May 2019)
Katya and Neil have remained on good terms after announcing their split last August, and continued to perform together during Strictly’s most recent series.
Last month British dancer Neil spoke about his split from Katya for the first time, revealing they are yet to begin divorce proceedings.
Neil told The Sun: ‘We’re still not divorced. It’s a thing we’re trying to sort out but we haven’t started the process yet.
‘A lot of the places are not working because of the coronavirus. Everything is on hold. But we’re not in any rush.’
On hold: Last month British dancer Neil spoke about his split from Katya for the first time, revealing they are yet to begin divorce proceedings (pictured in March 2019)
Explaining their decision to split, Neil admitted that they had ‘found that they’d grown apart’ before acknowledging they were ‘lucky’ to not have kids.
The dancer insisted: ‘It had nothing to do with what happened [with Seann].’
For the first time since their split, Neil touched on the Seann Walsh kiss scandal which pushed his marriage to Katya into the limelight.
He said: ‘For me it’s something that happened in the past. We spoke about everything back then,’ before confirming that he and his ex are still friends.
Seann and Katya faced a huge backlash after pictures surfaced of the pair locking lips on their booze-fuelled night out in October 2018.
At the time, the comedian was dating Rebecca Humphries and she was still happily married to now-estranged husband Neil Jones.
Shortly after the scandal, Seann issued an apology in which he blamed his actions on alcohol, branding it a ‘one-off’ and a ‘mistake’.
The dance expert echoed the sentiments, claiming she was sorry for the ‘hurt’ she had caused by her actions, but insisted her marriage to Neil was ‘absolutely fine’.
Not the reason: The professional dancer also insisted that their separation had nothing to do with Katya’s scandalous kiss with Seann Walsh in October 2018 (pictured above)