Strictly Come Dancing professional Nikita Kuzmin was left questioning whether he had been "cancelled" after the reaction to his comment about ballroom dancing on the spin-off show It Takes Two.
Ellie Taylor returned on Thursday, November 5 with another edition of the programme, with Dani Dyer and Nikita Kuzmin among the guests.
Comment sparks joke from host
During their conversation, host Ellie asked Dani if she had a preference between Latin and ballroom dancing. Turning to Nikita, Dani said: "I love them both really. You always say I'm good at ballroom."
He responded: "It's so comfy to dance ballroom with you. It's so comfy when the partner just sits in her pocket. You can just drive and move..."
A surprised Ellie then chimed in: "You can't say that about women these days Nikita!" As Nikita stood open-mouthed, she quickly followed up: "I'm joking, I'm joking." Nikita then questioned: "Did I just get cancelled?"
Ellie continued: "In the context of ballroom dancing you're absolutely fine!" Nikita joked: "Ballroom dance pocket, not whatever pocket you're talking about!"
"So she really knows how to hold her frame?" Ellie added, attempting to steer the conversation forward. To which Nikita replied: "She does!"
Partnership and recent results
This is the second consecutive year that Dani and Nikita have been partnered together, after she was forced to withdraw from Strictly before the first live shows the previous year due to injury.
Last weekend's Halloween special saw them notch up their best score to date - 32 out of 40 - as they impressed the panel with their Viennese Waltz to My Favourite Things from The Sound of Music.
However, it was Emmerdale actor Lawrence Robb and professional partner Jowita Przystał who ended up being sent home in a three-way dance-off after disappointing with their Ghostbusters-inspired tango.
Eliminated couple reflect
Lawrence was joined by Bethany Antonia and Jaime Winstone as the trio of celebrities in the dance-off which witnessed the judges casting votes to eliminate rather than rescue someone.
As he reflected on his Strictly experience on It Takes Two last Monday, presenter Ellie said: "Lawrence, I can see you getting emotional now. What has meant the most to you?".
Glancing at Jowita, he said: "I think number one is meeting an incredible person, and this girl here. The sense of family, the love and the joy that it brings every week, the people, and the journey.
"The idea of not knowing how to do any ballroom and Latin dancing at all, and then learning it in, what, three and a half days, and then performing it to millions of people is just, it's just wild.
"And also, I think that this should apply to any of the couples still in it, and past couples as well. That doing Strictly is... Well, you've already won.
"You've got the achievement of doing Strictly. You've been on Strictly, and then anything on top of that is, you know, icing cherry on top of the cake."
Strictly Come Dancing is on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.
