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Jasmine Allday

Craig Revel Horwood reprimanded by fellow Strictly judges over Dan Walker criticisms

Craig Revel Horwood faced the wrath of his fellow Strictly Come Dancing judges over his criticisms of Dan Walker.

The judge - who made his return to the panel this week after contracting Covid-19 and being forced to miss last week's show - was struggling to find the words to praise BBC Breakfast host Dan's dance on Saturday night.

However, his comments left the other judges seething as they slammed him and told him he "didn't know what he was talking about".

Giving his verdict, he began: "It was jolty. The hip action was non-existent. Yeah, you wiggled your hips, great, but anyone can do that.

Cynthia and Craig came to blows over Dan's dance (BBC)

"It's the hip action that comes from the straight forward leg. It looked like your feet were velcro'd to the floor and were getting stuck. You were stomping on every two and staying still."

The audience started to boo Craig loudly, as he taunted back: "Boo, boo, boohoo."

However, he did have a positive thing to say to the television presenter and his professional partner Nadiya Bychkova.

Dan Walker was happy to see the other judges defending him (BBC)

"All that being said, I thought it was a lot better than I had expected," he added, "I expected it to be a complete and absolute disaster darling, to be honest, but it wasn't. I can see that you've been working extremely hard."

However, his negative comments didn't go amiss with guest judge Cynthia Erivo - who is stepping in for Motsi Mabuse this week - as she questioned if he even knew what he was talking about.

She told Dan: "First of all I'm going to say thank you for taking the note that you got last week. Well done, it was gorgeous and you just felt so relaxing," before turning to Craig and adding: "I don't know what you're talking about. It was gorgeous."

Cynthia praised Dan's dancing skills (BBC)

However, the berating of Craig's comments didn't stop there as head judge Shirley Ballas made a dig too.

"Well first of all I complete disagree with Craig," she told him, as the other judges laughed.

Craig is known for his acid-tongued comments on the show, and he previously made a dig at Motsi for her lime green outfit.

"I’ve got to admit, I’ve got a bit of a headache at the minute," he quipped, "And I think it’s got something to do with Motsi’s lime green outfit."

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