Strictly Come Dancing turns awkward as Craig Revel Horwood takes surgery swipe at star

Strictly Come Dancing turned awkward connected Saturday nighttime arsenic Craig Revel Horwood and chap justice Anton Du Beke recovered themselves bickering connected the show

Strictly Come Dancing turned awkward connected Saturday nighttime arsenic Craig Revel Horwood took a swipe astatine co-judge Anton Du Beke.

During the latest instalment, the judges gave feedback to Shayne Ward and his pro spouse Nancy Xu aft their American Smooth regular to Sam Smith's Get Here.

Earlier this week, Shayne turned 40 and Strictly celebrated this unthinkable milestone connected the show, which was brought up by Anton, 58. The justice joked: "Well it's beauteous to spot different 40-year-old successful the building!" to which the assemblage started laughing.

This prompted Anton to reply: "Alright, it's not that funny! Now I deliberation that was lovely, that was a ace dance, determination was a batch astir that", praising the duo's lifts.

However, Anton past gave immoderate constructive feedback, saying: "I privation you to support that absorption of being unneurotic adjacent erstwhile you're not unneurotic arsenic there's a batch to like, support going!", claiming Shayne looked "lost" aft helium went to 1 broadside of the signifier earlier reuniting with Nancy - to which Shayne remarked it was portion of the dance.

Yet Craig, 59, disagreed with Anton's feedback, saying: "I wholly got the bust up and past the backmost together. I thought that was precise clear, truthful Anton you request to possibly look astatine your ain relationships and what you've been done potentially..."

To which Anton deed backmost with: "I person to beryllium honorable with you, you're overmuch older than I am! I'm 40, I didn't recognise it, possibly it's an older man's thing."

However, Craig past took a swipe astatine Anton arsenic helium retorted: "You should archer your surgeon darling. It's not moving retired for you!" with the assemblage reacting to the jibe.

Meanwhile, earlier successful the show, Craig took different swipe astatine Anton arsenic helium said: "Anton, darling, Anton, are you going to beryllium lasting up anymore? It's getting truly connected my nerves! I'm conscionable saying!"

It comes aft DIY SOS presenter Nick Knowles became the 3rd contestant to permission Strictly aft a nail-biting creation disconnected against erstwhile Coronation Street histrion Shayne Ward past weekend.

Nick, 62, and his nonrecreational creation parter Luba Mushtuk received 21 points retired of 40 from the judges for their Charleston to Rain On The Roof from the movie Paddington 2 and was 2nd from the bottommost of the leaderboard past weekend.

When asked by big Tess Daly astir his clip connected the show, Nick said astatine the time: "I've really, truly been amazed by however overmuch I've loved doing it and by 2 things that happen.

"One is however overmuch you attraction each week, and the different is however overmuch you don’t privation to fto down your partner. The lone crushed I could bash this is simply due to the fact that of Luba’s changes, she's been amazing. There are immoderate astonishing dancers up there, and I volition emotion watching the remainder of the series."

A tearful Luba added: "I’ve ne'er met idiosyncratic arsenic determined arsenic you, and I retrieve you saying that if you bash your best, you’ll beryllium precise happy. I deliberation you did much than your best. Thank you."

Strictly Come Dancing airs Saturdays and Sundays connected BBC One and BBC iPlayer