Strictly Come Dancing's harshest judge is having his say on a joke he cracked and the person it was aimed at.
Craig Revel-Horwood reportedly said: "Stacey [Dooley] was dragged up from the dance gutter. Of course, if you sleep with your dance partner that helps."
Craig was referring to Stacey's relationship with her professional dance partner Kevin Clifton. The pair won last year's series.
He apologised in The Sun , but a new interview is shedding light on what he really thinks.
The 54 year-old said: "I recognise that what I said was hurtful, cruel and incredibly disrespectful. It was a huge error of judgement that I very much regret."
He has now hinted to New magazine that the apology wasn't genuine and that he was forced into it by the BBC.
"Did I apologise or was that the BBC?" Craig asked.
He continued: "It was very grovelly. It doesn't even sound like me. You'd think I'd done something really out of order.
"A jokey remark was treated like it was the start of World War Three."
Craig went on to claim that documentary film maker Stacey was "sensitive" about the whole thing.
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