EXCLUSIVE: Strictly stars are said to have been ‘howling with laughter’ over an unaired ‘unintentional innuendo’ that one of the contestants shared whilst filming the launch show
George Clarke reveals unaired Strictly moment that surprised everyone
The stars of Strictly Come Dancing are said to have been “howling with laughter” whilst filming the launch over an unaired “unintentional innuendo” from Alex Kingston. Her co-star George Clarke has since recalled the moment.
Alex, 62, who is known for her roles on ER and Doctor Who, is among the contestants on the BBC show this year. She made her debut on the dancefloor in the pre-recorded launch show, which aired two weekends ago after having been filmed in the Strictly studio days prior to its broadcast.
During the episode, Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman introduced the contestants, with the hosts having been seen asking them questions at one point. It’s since been revealed that one interaction with Alex didn’t get broadcast but had “everyone howling with laughter” at the time.
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Alex’s co-star George, 25, recalled the moment on an episode of the Useless Hotline podcast that was released last week. When the actor was brought up on the podcast, he told his co-host Max Balegde: “She’s so unintentionally funny just because of how sweet and lovely and nice she is.”
George then said that not all of Tess and Claudia’s questions to the contestants were kept in the launch show when it aired. He said: “They asked Alex one and it was so good her response. […] So somebody came round beforehand backstage, just sort of speaking to us and they’d just be like ‘that’s good so we’re gonna get Tess and Claudia to ask a question if you could just sort of lead into that story.'”
He continued by saying on the podcast: “[Tess or Claudia later] teed up with ‘So you, your family, your friends, they’re big Strictly fans, right? How did you tell them that you were first doing it?’ and then [Alex] led onto the story. But the way she delivered it was so good.
“She said, ‘Well, I was actually at my friend’s husband’s birthday and I know he’s a massive fan, so I thought I’d give him a little birthday gift, so I waited until everybody was asleep and then I snuck into his room and I told him I had a secret to give him. And then he was … I could see him getting stiffer and stiffer’ … and we all just wet ourselves. And she was like ‘No! with fright, with fright!'”
George added: “I can’t even remember what she said after that to try and save it but it basically just doubled down on the bit and we were like, ‘Not helping Alex!’ And it was just so funny. Claudia was wetting herself, just like said something like back. It was so good but she was just mortified afterwards.”
A source has told the Mirror: “Alex’s unintentional innuendo had everyone howling with laughter in the studio. She was so shocked when she realised how it sounded.”
They added: “Sadly there wasn’t time to do the full story justice in the launch show, but everyone’s dying to see what Alex might come out with on air now Strictly’s live every Saturday night. Her and Claudia together should be TV gold.”
Strictly Come Dancing continues on Saturday night from 6.20pm on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.
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