David Walliams has joked Simon Cowell is “traumatised” after Britain’s Got Talent.
The media mogul stormed off stage during Thursday night’s (30.05.19) semi-final when he was pulled up on stage during Jimmy Tamley’s ventriloquist act, and while he abandoned the performance when the comedian tried to make him perform the can-can.
Poking fun at the awkward moment, fellow judge David – who was happy to take part – tweeted: “I think @SimonCowell is traumatised for life @BGT.”
I think @SimonCowell is traumatised for life. @BGT
— David Walliams (@davidwalliams) 30 May 2019
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Although Simon returned to the stage to complete the act – without the dance routine – he didn’t seem happy.
Amanda Holden said: “It’s like you know when your boss is forced at the Christmas party to get up and do some dancing? It felt like that, it was Simon’s worst nightmare but it was very entertaining for the rest of us.”
Her co-star Alesha Dixon suggested Ant McPartlin and Dec Donnelly might have been a better option for the guest spot, while David joked that the awkward moment could define Simon’s legacy.
He quipped: “This will be all that Simon Cowell is remembered for.”
After the awkward moment, many fans branded the music mogul a “spoilsport” and a “bore”.
However, it turns out Simon walked off stage because of an old skiing injury.
A source told Ent Daily: “Simon is absolutely fine. He’s been laughing about it during the ad break. There’s been lots of laughter in the dressing room, with a few production members jokingly acting with their tails between their legs! But Simon saw the funny side.
“It turns out the reason Simon left the stage was due to an old ski-ing injury. Jimmy grabbed hold of Simon’s knee but, understandably, won’t have realised about Simon’s old injury when he wanted him to do the can-can.
“So Simon had to take the lead to stop any embarrassment! Backstage, everyone has been giggling – and Simon thinks it was a great TV moment!”
Jimmy didn’t make it through to the final, with magician Ben Hart and singer Mark McMullan crowned the victors during the fourth live semi final.
Magic man Ben won the initial public vote which meant he went straight through to the final, while Mark was left battling it out against comedian Graeme Matthews in the judge’s vote.
Whilst Alesha and Amanda voted to send Mark through to the final, David wanted to see more of Graeme, leaving Simon to make the deciding vote, where he chose to vote for Graeme and sent the result to deadlock, meaning the original public vote would decide the second finalist.
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The public had voted for Mark in second place shortly behind Ben, so he will now perform again on Sunday in the live final.
Ben and Mark will join Wednesday’s semi-final winners, elderly singer Colin Thackery and comedian Kojo Anim, as well as comedy singer Siobhan Phillips, teen magic group 4MG, police and dog duo Dave and Finn, and energetic children’s choir Flakefleet Primary School, who have all already secured their place in the final.
Friday (31.05.19) will see the last two finalist announced when the last semi-final airs at 7:30pm on ITV.
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