Dancing on Ice’s unexpected standout star from the first episode, comedian and actor Rufus Hound, divided viewers when he referenced a recent government policy following his routine with professional skating partner Robin Johnstone.
Robin and Rufus were praised by judges Jayne Torvill, Christopher Dean, Ashley Banjo and John Barrowman for their high energy performance and was the first celebrity to receive this year’s Golden Ticket twist, which means contestants can bypass the public vote and go straight through to next week’s show.
But amid his gushing reaction was a political jibe, after hostPhillip Schofield asked if he thought it was “crazy” he’d won the ticket.
“Mate, we live in a world where the people we elect don’t want to feed hungry children,” he said. “This is the least crazy thing.”
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He went on to say, “I've spent most of this year not being terribly emotionally stable because the world stopped making sense. And this makes even less sense of it, thank you - I will keep trying.
"I genuinely thought I'd be in this competition for a week."
Viewers took to Twitter to send their well wishes, with one writing, “Yes to Rufus Hound saying it like it is!! My winner right there #dancingonice”.
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“Go Rufus Hound - well said! Feeding children should not be political it should be natural. Shame on the politicians who have created the poverty,” said another, with one more writing, “Imagine being the sort of gammony Karen who gets upset about Rufus Hound correctly saying the government haven’t done enough to prevent children in the UK going hungry.”