Strictly Come Dancing host Claudia Winkleman referred to the current economic crisis during the latest live instalment of the hit BBC ballroom dancing show.
Tess Daly’s co-host made the joke, referring to the precipitous drop in the value of sterling this week, shortly before Tyler West and Dianne Buswell took to the stage to perform their jive.
As she introduced their performance to Hit The Road Jack by Buster Poindexter, Claudia said: “Still to come, Tyler and Diane are bank robbers.”
She then added: “My advice? Go for the dollar. The pound? Not so much.”
Eagle-eared Strictly fans picked up on the moment as the live studio audience burst into laughter. One fan at home took to Twitter writing: “Well that's weird. 20 years of Strictly and zero politics.
“Then Claudia makes a joke about the value of the pound. Tories are sunk when even the besequinned ones start mocking you.”
A second echoed: “Claudia just had a dig at how s*** the pound is at the moment,” with a side-eye emoji.
Strictly Come Dancing returned for its second week live on Saturday evening, as the celebrities sashayed onto the dance floor with their professional partners once again.
The 20th series of Strictly is once again being hosted by Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman, with Shirley Ballas, Craig Revel Horwood, Motsi Mabuse and Anton Du Beke returning as judges.
The 15 Strictly couples took to the dancefloor for their second performances in front of the judges – with their fate in the public’s hands.
While there was no public vote last week, the pressure is now on to get their steps right as the phone lines are open after the show for fans to vote for their favourite routines.
The contestants' scores from last week have been carried over to this weekend and will be combined with the viewers' votes, with the lowest scoring couples going head to head in the first dance off of 2022.
The first results show of the series starts on Sunday 2 October at 7.15pm, beginning after the Antiques Roadshow.
The two couples with the fewest votes then go head-to-head in the dance-off, delivering another rendition of their performance from the live show.
The judges then decide which couple they would like to save, and in the event of a tie head judge Shirley Ballas is given the casting vote.
None of the duos will want to be the first to leave, but one of them will be waltzing off into the sunset when the results are announced tomorrow evening.
*Strictly Come Dancing returns live at 6:30pm on Saturday on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.
