Strictly Come Dancing viewers will be familiar with Bruno Tonioli's acerbic turn of phrase – he once memorably described Ann Widdecombe as dancing like a "dalek in drag". But he may have pushed the innuendo envelope a little too far on the US version of the show, Dancing with the Stars, when he told one of the contestants: "You were too rough with your pussy, darling". Cue moral outrage across America and the bleeping of the "p-word" for subsequent broadcasts by network ABC. Spare a thought for professional dancer Karina Smirnoff and her celebrity partner, Karate Kid actor Ralph Macchio, who Tonioli asked: "Are you wearing extra large diapers?" Tonioli attempted a rapid reverse ferret – "No, a pussy cat, a pussy cat. What is she? We call it a pussy cat ..." – but we fear the damage may have been done. Eight out of 10 viewers prefer Len Goodman.
