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Strictly's Claudia Winkleman forced to issue 'bad language' apology over Tony Adams' reaction

Claudia Winkleman was forced to apologise for some 'fruity language' on Saturday's Strictly Come Dancing, over something Tony Adams said in response to the judges' comments.

Former Arsenal an England centre half Tony has had a rather interesting time on Strictly so far, with his week one performance seeing him perform in an outfit inspired by the Gunners' strip as his pro Katya Jones begged the judges 'for another chance' after the routine was littered with too many mistakes. Tony and Katya saw their scores improve after their week to My Old Man's A Dustman, before the football legend got everyone talking by stripping off during his performance to Full Monty anthem You Sexy Thing last week.

Tony and Katya have yet to land in the dreaded dance-off and were hoping to avoid it again thanks to an emotional American Smooth. The dance got a great reaction in the Strictly studio and the judges gave the pair some of their best feedback yet, with Craig Revel-Horwood delighting Tony by saying it was "better" than previous performances.

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That one word appraisal was enough to see Tony punch the air with delight, saying something that viewers didn't pick up on. However, it was clearly a word, or words, unsuitable for before 9pm on BBC One on a Saturday night as presenter Claudia said: " "I would like to apologise if there was anything fruity in the language."

Tony was stunned as he said: "Did I say something? Oh I'm sorry. I was so excited Claudia " Claudia assured Tony he didn't need to apologise. She said: "Don't be silly. Craig said 'better' and it often gets us all going. I get it."

Twitter went wild for Tony and, thinking they clocked what he said, one fan tweeted: "Did Tony Adams just say oh s**t? lol," with another quipping: "let tony adams say f**k!

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