Strictly Come Dancing judge, Len Goodman has denied that he plans to leave the show if the BBC doesn’t give him a substantial pay rise.

MSN have reported that Len insisted “it’s a pack of lies”, before joking: “Honestly, I’d rather part with my penis than give up Strictly Come Dancing!”

Len was attending a Celebrity football match at David Beckhams LA Galaxy football ground when he commented: “I don’t care, it’s just a load of nonsense really, people write what they want to write. At first I used to get all stressy but what does it matter?”

Fellow judge Bruno Tonioli also came to Len’s defense: “We never speak to the press. Len and I are the worst – we don’t even have publicists because we just do our job. The moment you’re in the public eye there is always speculation like this but it doesn’t come from us. From what I’m concerned I’m pretty sure he’s going to do the show.”