Yahoo News Strictly's Jonnie laughs off Shirley's awkward pun
If you, like us, thought that Strictly Come Dancing would be light on the slip-ups without the ever-outrageous Bruno Tonioli, then you'd be wrong.
Because – for better or worse – head judge Shirley Ballas was on hand to deliver one of the more awkward comments we've heard so far this series in last night's (October 21) show.
After Paralympian Jonnie Peacock and dance partner Oti Mabuse performed their lively quickstep routine for the judges, Shirley heaped Jonnie with some unintentionally punny praise.
"You bring a whole new meaning to putting a spring in your step," Shirley told Jonnie, who was dancing in his blade. "It was light, it was bright..."
Fortunately, Jonnie saw the funny side and interjected: "Excuse the pun."
Which is more than can be said for Shirley, who still didn't really get it.
"I said something wrong again, you know what I mean," she added, and Jonnie quickly replied that he was joking while laughing the moment off.
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And just to really stress that Jonnie didn't mind Shirley's slip-up at all, he later replied to a fan on Twitter to say he "loved" the pun.
