YoutubeDeclan Donnelly has come under fire from Britain’s Got Talent fans after making ‘creepy’ comments towards girl group Zyrah Rose.
The four-strong girl group were performing during Tuesday night’s semi-final when judge Simon Cowell criticised them for looking ‘cold’ and ‘a little bit untouchable’.
When cameras panned back to hosts Ant and Dec, Dec added: “They don’t look untouchable to me – in fact they look very touchable to me.”
While Ant seemed to find it rather amusing, the comment didn’t go down too well with viewers at home.
still creeped out by the consumable and touchable remarks to Zyrah Rose from Simon, Ant and Dec #bgt
— Ariadne Griffin (@Ariadne_Griffin) May 24, 2016
https://twitter.com/lottswebster/status/735182636235116545?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Oh. Dec getting letchy…just NO. #BGT
— Beth Neil (@bethneil) May 24, 2016
Dec on Zyrah Rose: "They look very touchable to me."
It's like he's after a job at the BBC. In the 1970s. #BGT— Ian Hyland (@HylandIan) May 24, 2016
I cannot believe Dec just called four young women "touchable" on live TV #BGT2016 ?
— Francesca Pearce (@FrancescaPear) May 24, 2016
Others were more amused:
THEY LOOK VERY TOUCHABLE TO ME HAHAHA YES DEC YOU FILTHY ANIMAL
— my name is george. (@george_mckillop) May 24, 2016
"They look very touchable to me" Dec you savage ???? #BGT2016
— Jones. (@Alex_L_Jones) May 24, 2016
@antanddec Dec looks very touchable to me ?? #bgt
— c h l o e ? (@Chloelake1998) May 24, 2016
Did Dec really just say they look very touchable?? ?? that's why we love them! @BGT @antanddec #BGT2016
— Elizabeth Hutton (@boobyblog) May 24, 2016
The comment came after Simon, who during their audition said they sounded ‘cold’ and had no interaction, admitted he had still not been won over by them.
He said the track ‘sounded really good, particularly as [it] picked up in the middle’, but added: “I personally think that there is a slight image issue with you which is making you look a little bit untouchable.”
Cue Dec’s ‘letchy’ comment.
Skip to 5:52 to hear his controversial remark:
Despite his views on how ‘touchable’ the girls were, the group failed to make it through to the finals, with magician Richard Jones and dance act Boogie Storm going through instead.
