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Strictly Come Dancing’s Chris McCausland has been praised for his witty remarks directed at judge Craig Revel Horwood.
The 47-year-old standup comedian, who is the show’s first blind contestant, has been dishing out his best one-liners throughout the BBC dancing competition.
In McCausland’s firing line this week was Revel Horwood. When the judge gave particularly scathing criticism to former Arsenal/England footballer Paul Merson, McCausland jumped to his fellow contestant’s defence and said: “By the sound of it, Craig is blinder than I am.”
Fans on X/Twitter have already been keen to crown McCausland as the winner of the competition altogether for his humour and positivity.
One wrote online: “GIVE CHRIS THE GLITTERBALL IMMEDIATELY.”
“Chris McCausland is a legend please keep him in what he said about Craig been as blind as him was hilarious.”
Another fan simply said: “I’m wheezing.”
The comedian continued to leave the hosts Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman in stitches during Saturday night’s show, when he hit back at Revel Horwood during his own feedback session.
When it was Revel Horwood’s turn to give McCausland criticism on his Foxtrot to “Be Young, Be Foolish, Be Happy” by The Tams, the comedian instantly said: “Let’s have it.”
The judge, who is known for giving particularly savage criticism, was briefly left speechless when McCausland egged him on, with the comic also saying: “Anton’s already mentioned the frame. Try and think of something original.”
“Your fingers bothered me,” said Craig. “They were splayed like bananas and I’m sure you were told and you obviously didn’t take any notice.”
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Later, McCausland, who is from Liverpool, joked that he “wasn’t happy” because he was dancing while the Liverpool game was on.
“I’m not happy because they put me on 10 minutes before the Liverpool game ends,” he said. “That is half of Liverpool watching the football. That is half of my core voter group.”
McCausland lost his sight aged 22 due to a hereditary condition called retinitis pigmentosa.
As well as being a comedian on panel shows from Have I Got News for You to Would I Lie to You?, McCausland hosts ITV Saturday morning series The Chris McCausland Show, and is known by younger viewers as Rudi, the market trader, in CBeebies show Me Too!
