Strictly Come Dancing judge Craig Revel Horwood found himself in an awkward spot when he told off an audience member – who turned out to be the star’s famous husband. It came as the beloved BBC One dance show returned live for its Movie Week extravaganza on Saturday, October 5.
During the show, singer-songwriter Toyah Willcox, 66, performed her routine with partner Neil Jones as Ursula from the Little Mermaid. The pair danced the Samba to Poor Unfortunate Souls.
Despite a warm reception from the audience, the feedback from judges was mixed. Unsurprisingly Craig – who was dressed as Captain Jack Sparrow – dished out some of the harsher criticism, calling her attempt “very ploddy”. For the latest TV & Showbiz news, sign up to our newsletter
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He said: “I felt it was all a bit stuck in the mud, flat footed, very ploddy.” It became harder to hear Craig’s words as the crowd started booing. The camera cut to one particularly passionate audience member who was standing up shouting “boo, boo boo!”.
The individual caught Craig’s attention, who quipped back at him: “Sit down young man.” As the booing continued hosts Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman pointed out to Craig that he was in fact telling off Toyah’s famous 78-year-old husband, Robert Fripp.
Rather sheepishly, Craig said: “Oh, that’s your husband?… Even more so, sit down!”. Robert is then shown obeyed Craig as he sits down giggling like a naughty school boy.
Showing his remarks were made all in good humour, Craig paised Toyah for her efforts. He said: “You know what, you brought a magnificent attitude and a fantastic character to that dance,” to which the audience broke into applause.
Robert and Toyah have been married for 38 years. . Over the last five decades Robert, guitarist and composer, has been active as a recording musician and producer.
He is best known as the guitarist and founder of King Crimson, a progressive rock band formed in 1968 in London. The band had eight top ten UK albums including “In the Court of the Crimson King” and “Red, and despite disbanding in 1974, it later reformed on a number of occasion, The Mirror reported.
During his career, Robert also worked with major artists including David Bowie, Brian Eno, Peter Gabriel, and Talking Heads. He also formed the group Fripp & Eno with Brian Eno and the Guitar Craft school.
