Strictly's Craig Revel Horwood makes surgery jibe at co-star in awkward exchange

Strictly: Craig Revel Horwood quips about Anton's 'surgeon'

Strictly Come Dancing's Saturday night episode took an awkward turn as judge Craig Revel Horwood made a cheeky dig at fellow judge Anton Du Beke.

The awkward exchange occurred during feedback for Shayne Ward and his professional partner Nancy Xu, following their American Smooth routine to Sam Smith's Get Here.

Earlier in the week, Shayne celebrated his 40th birthday, a milestone acknowledged on the show by Anton, 58, who quipped: "Well it's lovely to see another 40-year-old in the building!" causing laughter among the audience. Anton then responded: "Alright, it's not that funny! Now I think that was lovely, that was a super dance, there was a lot about that", before praising the pair's lifts.

However, he also offered some constructive criticism, advising Shayne to maintain focus even when separated from Nancy on stage, claiming he looked lost but Shayne defended himself, stating that the separation was part of the dance.

Craig, however, disagreed with Anton's critique, retorting: "I totally got the bust up and then the back together. I thought that was very clear, so Anton you need to maybe look at your own relationships and what you've been through potentially..."

Anton quickly fired back with: "I have to be honest with you, you're much older than I am! I'm 40, I didn't recognise it, maybe it's an older man's thing."

To which Craig replied back: "You should tell your surgeon darling. It's not working out for you!" as the audience gasped at his bold remark, reports the Mirror.

Strictly Come Dancing turned awkward on Saturday night as Craig Revel Horwood took a swipe at co-judge Anton Du Beke (Image: BBC)

Earlier in the show, Craig continued to tease Anton with: "Anton, darling, Anton, are you going to be standing up anymore? It's getting really on my nerves! I'm just saying!"

It comes after DIY SOS presenter Nick Knowles became the third contestant to leave Strictly after a nail-biting dance off against former Coronation Street actor Shayne Ward last weekend.

Nick, 62, and his professional dance parter Luba Mushtuk received 21 points out of 40 from the judges for their Charleston to Rain On The Roof from the film Paddington 2 and was second from the bottom of the leaderboard last weekend.

To which Anton hit back with: "I have to be honest with you, you're much older than I am!" (Image: BBC) SUBSCRIBE Invalid email

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When asked by host Tess Daly about his time on the show, Nick said at the time: "I've really, really been surprised by how much I've loved doing it and by two things that happen.

"One is how much you care each week, and the other is how much you don’t want to let down your partner. The only reason I could do this is simply because of Luba’s changes, she's been amazing. There are some amazing dancers up there, and I will love watching the rest of the series."

A tearful Luba added: "I’ve never met someone as determined as you, and I remember you saying that if you do your best, you’ll be very happy. I think you did more than your best. Thank you."

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