ITVSimon Cowell was met with a mixture of boos and laughter after making a quip about how Xtra Factor presenter Rylan ‘liked a back door’.
The joke was in response to Rylan Clark-Neal saying ‘I love a front door’ during a segment where the judges choose a fan to ask a question from behind one of the doors on screen.
Rylan took the joke in good spirits, bantering back: “Oh, Simon! Would you like me to show you how much?”.
#xfactor just fell into the gutter! @SimonCowell asks @Rylan about his #BackDoor #awks @TheXFactor pic.twitter.com/IuAuq8PwPy
— FRQfm (@FRQfm) October 15, 2016
Despite Rylan saying it was ‘just a joke between friends and meant extremely lighthearted[ly]’, many Twitter users took great offence at Cowell’s comments:
https://twitter.com/murderous_andy/status/787399329682259968
https://twitter.com/DowngirlsNW1/status/787399770029617152
I thought you like the back door Rylan. Ah Simon, the old casual anal joke of a Saturday evening. That'll go down well. #XFactor #xtrafactor
— Stephen Mulligan (@stephenmulligan) October 15, 2016
I can't believe Simon made that "back door" quip !! #XtraFactorLive #XFactor pic.twitter.com/XQ8FvX8ves
— Jonathan Lansana (@tvgenius05) October 15, 2016
Some people saw the humour in the comment though:
??? Rylan loves a back door back door @SimonCowell absolute classic.#XFactor #XtraFactorLive
— Dean Raine (@FTMxSAFC) October 15, 2016
#XFactor. Best quote ever from Simon Cowel to Rylan …. I thought you liked the back door !!!! Funniest thing ever !!!!!!
— Rach (@rachael62802900) October 15, 2016
Likening it to a Carry On joke…
when @simoncowell said to @Rylan on xtrafactor "i thought you liked the back door" lol pic.twitter.com/oyqo4zwrJM
— roberto barella (@robmfairweather) October 16, 2016
But the most important response to the comment was from Rylan himself:
Just to clear it all up. X pic.twitter.com/GRCpRddDgx
— Rylan Clark-Neal (@Rylan) October 16, 2016
He said that he personally was not offended and brought up how it is the daily trolling and insults from strangers online that cause him a lot more offence.
Rylan signed off with a funny joke about blackmailing Simon into buying him a holiday home in Ibiza.
