Joe Calzaghe has claimed that he was put out of Strictly Come Dancing, due to a derogatory comment he made about Craig Kelly.

Joe told The Sun: “It was something I said about Craig to producers. I won’t say what it was, but it was worse than a swear word.

“It was odd that we were in the bottom two for four weeks running, but that the public kept voting for us.

“We had the highest number of votes, the producers told us – but then all of a sudden we lost out with the judges.

“Something was up. You can say Strictly Come Dancing is a fix.”

A Strictly spokesman said: “Any suggestion the show is fixed is ridiculous.”