Face-to-Face with Anika Moa: Colin Mathura-Jeffree

Former Dancing With the Stars competitor Colin Mathura-Jeffree says the series was a hotbed of scandal - but contestants can't reveal details due to non-disclosure clauses in their contracts.

The always-subtle Anika Moa asked Mathura Jeffree: "Who was shagging who?"

To which he replied: "To be honest, there was a lot of scandal behind the scenes that no one really knows.

"But we've all got these contracts that clamp us shut."

Moa then did her best to try and extract further information from him.

Speaking about fellow cast-member Chrystal Chenery, Mathura-Jeffree said she is funny and sweet and doesn't deserve the "bitch" label some have placed on her.

"She is very opinionated... Strong women should be validated. The moment a woman is opinionated all of a sudden she's a bitch."

Moa also probed into winner Simon Barnett's personal life, asking if he is "gay or slightly gay?"

Mathura-Jeffree replied that "he is the gayest straight man in history. He's like a Disney prince."

What am I watching?

Face-to-Face with Anika Moa is a Herald web series, hosted by New Zealand's most beautiful, talented and totally modest songwriter, Anika Moa.

Each week, Moa interviews movers and shakers of the entertainment world, in her unique, ballsy style.

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More Face-to-Face interviews:

• Jaquie Brown
• Robbie Magasiva
• The Bachelor
• Stan Walker
• Gin Wigmore

- nzherald.co.nz