Politician Lembit Opik, better known as other half of a cheeky girl, refused to propose to his girlfriend Gabriella while recording an epsiode of Mr & Mrs for ITV1.

In front of a live audience of 300 people, show hosts Fern and Phillip tried to persuade Lembit to get down on one knee, but he was having none of it!

“It was so embarrassing,” one audience member told The People. “There was an awkward silence. Poor Gabriela didn’t know where to put herself when Lembit refused to ask her.”