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Joe Adams
Fans have called for Lee Mack to be cancelled after he made a shock joke about Jill Scott during his acceptance speech at the NTA awards.
Comedian, Mack, was handed the Quiz Game Show award for The 1% Club during Tuesday night's ceremony.
But after taking to the stage, the 55-year-old made a risky joke about retired Lioness, Scott, who was presenting the event category alongside comedian, Mo Gilligan.
Upon receiving his trophy, Mack joked: "To receive a sex toy like this off Jill Scott is an absolute pleasure."
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While plenty of the audience erupted with laughter at his comment, some people on social media have called for the Would I Lie To You star to be cancelled.
Taking to X, formerly of Twitter, one user wrote: "Well Lee Mack is gonna get cancelled now."
A second added: "Not sure @LeeMack did himself any favours there. Still a big fan of 100% club."
A third chimed in: "Watching lee mack trying to be funny is just painful."
However, others saw no issue with the speech, with one person tweeting: "Lee mack makes me cry with laughter oh my god."
Another remarked: "Lee Mack proving what a proper comedian can do if you have a bit of talent."
The 1% Club was competing against Michael McIntyre's The Wheel, The Chase Celebrity Special and Richard Osman's House Of Games.
Mack also took aim at I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here duo Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly after noticing that the microphone was too low for him.
He quipped: "Well, I don't know who's set the microphones up but I bet they thought he was going to do the talking," as he pointed to a shorter colleague.
As the audience laughed, he shrugged his shoulders, adding: "... Or that Ant and Dec were going to win it," before the camera panned to the Saturday Night Takeaway duo giggling in the audience.