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Chris McCausland has reunited his feud with Lord Alan Sugar after his controversial tweets earlier this month.
The comedian, 47, hit back at The Apprentice boss once again after he took to Twitter two weeks ago to share his scathing opinion of the BBC dance show and its ‘gimmicks’.
While Lord Sugar suggested that he wasn’t talking about the show featuring a blind man, Chris hit back once again in an interview with The Times, and asked: ‘But what was he on about? I can’t imagine. ‘
He added: ‘Some people are in a position where they should know to keep things inside their heads. We all have these thoughts from time to time, don’t we, but we can just keep them to ourselves.
Lord Sugar’s original tweet read: ‘I don’t know when Strictly Come dancing are going to run out of contestant gimmicks. I would not be surprised if they had a AI mechanical robot next year. @bbcstrictly’.
Chris McCausland has reignited his feud with Lord Alan Sugar after The Apprentice star denounced ‘contestant gimmicks’ in Twitter argument earlier this month
While Lord Sugar suggested he wasn’t talking about the show featuring a blind man, Chris hit back once again as he asked: ‘But what was he on about? I can’t imagine’
Responding amongst the flurry of comments, Chris responded: ‘I am sorry my gimmick offends you oh mighty Lord,’ adding a play on Sugar’s famous Apprentice catchphrase with the hashtag ‘#YoureTired’.
The Royal National Institute of Blind people also hit back at the business tycoon’s comments as they wrote: ‘Hi @Lord_Sugar, I’m a blind person. I can’t believe I’m having to say this, but disabilities aren’t gimmicks.
‘Having disability representation on @BBCStrictly makes people like me feel seen. It shows what we can do, not what we can’t do. There’s nothing gimmicky about that.’
Lord Sugar then replied: ‘Why are you assuming I am referring to disabled people. You make me sick.’
Speaking elsewhere in the Times interview about being an inspirational figure for the disabled community, Chris added: ‘If you’ve got a disability you have to show so much perseverance and creativity and problem-solving just day to day.
‘There are so many people out there capable of way more than the opportunities they are given. For me it’s about representing that community.’
Chris is a firm favourite among fans and with bookies had him as the 9/4 frontrunner to win the series last week.
Despite coming bottom of the leaderboard with their Zombie themed Samba on Saturday night, Chris and Dianne Buswell were straight through to next week during the results show.
He added: ‘Some people are in a position where they should know to keep things inside their heads. We all have these thoughts from time to time, don’t we, but we can just keep them to ourselves’
Chris hit back at Lord Sugar’s original Tweet which said: ‘I don’t know when Strictly Come dancing are going to run out of contestant gimmicks’
The Royal National Institute of Blind people also hit back at the business tycoon’s comments as they wrote: ‘I can’t believe I’m having to say this, but disabilities aren’t gimmicks’
Lord Sugar then replied: ‘Why are you assuming I am referring to disabled people. You make me sick’
Despite coming bottom of the leaderboard with their Zombie themed Samba on Saturday night, Chris and Dianne Buswell were straight through to next week during the results show
Meanwhile the couple left fans in ‘tears’ after they paid a tribute to Liverpool with their waltz to You’ll Never Walk Alone.
Fans were ‘sobbing’ over the very emotional routine, flooding X – formerly Twitter – with praising comments, begging to ‘just give Chris the glitterball trophy’.
‘Dianne ‘I’m so proud of you’ Chris ‘did I do ok?’ Dianne ‘you did good yeh really really good’ Chris & Dianne FTW #Strictly’;
‘This moment was everything. Chris dancing on his own to a song that means so much to so many. This man is extraordinary. He has danced his way into our hearts with the immense support of wonderful Dianne #strictly’;
‘Chris just said ‘did I do okay?’ #strictly #StrictlyComeDancing’;
‘I am still bawling with this Waltz from Chris & Dianne It was just absolutely beautiful and so emotional. Never watched anything so meaningful & poignant.. Just give them the GlitterBall just now as far as I’m concerned’;
‘Every week you think this will be the dance Chris McCausland has not got…it’s not this week #Strictly …& his hand on Dianne’s back was perfect’;
‘Chris asking Dianne ‘did I do ok?’ Yes fella… you absolutely smashed it up again #Strictly’;
‘Now why am I teary over Chris walking alone?! #Strictly’.