Watch awkward moment Josh Widdecombe is grilled on how much he is being paid for Strictly Christmas special

JOSH Widdecombe faced an awkward grilling connected however overmuch he's being paid for the Strictly Come Dancing Christmas special.

Comedian Josh was the archetypal prima confirmed to beryllium taking part successful the festive Strictly occurrence which airs connected Christmas Day.

During an quality connected Saturday Kitchen helium opened up astir signing up for the amusement and was asked to spill the beans connected his fee.

Host Matt Tebbutt asked Josh however it was going truthful acold and helium replied: "It's going well.

"I'm loving it, I think. I don't know. I thought I was going to beryllium unspeakable and I'm conscionable bad."

Chef Niklas Ekstedt was besides connected the amusement and chimed in: "Do they wage you for doing that?"

Swerving the question, Josh said: "On a TV show, that's ne'er been the follow-up question.

"'What's the breakdown of the finances for this circuit that you're promoting?'"

Moving the speech on, Josh said: "It's truly amusive and my daughter's 7 and she's a immense fan.

"I brought her to grooming to conscionable Karen [Hauer, Josh's nonrecreational partner] and that was truly nice."

Speaking astir signing up for the show, Josh said: “I americium utterly terrified this volition extremity successful humiliation and disquieted I’m going to beryllium truthful atrocious I volition ruin Christmas for the nation.

"Why person I done this?” 

Josh is astir well-known for his clip astatine the apical of the British comedy circuit arsenic good arsenic his appearances on Channel 4 show The Last Leg.

He has been a squad skipper connected the programme for implicit 30 bid moving alongside Adam Hills and Alex Brooker.

Josh besides hosts the fashionable podcast Parenting Hell alongside chap comic, Rob Beckett.