Star of BBC's Strictly Come Dancing, Chris McCausland has hit back at Lord Alan Sugar after he made an insensitive comment.

Comedian, McCausland made history as the first blind person to appear on Strictly and has since earned mass praise for his dancing skills since week one.

Now into week four of the BBC competition show, McCausland continues to wow judges and viewers alike.

However, a comment made on X, formerly Twitter, by The Apprentice star, Lord Sugar saw the comedian hit back.

Strictly Come Dancing Chris McCausland hits back at Lord Sugar

On Sunday, October 13, Lord Sugar posted to X: "I don't know when Strictly Come Dancing are going to run out of contestant gimmicks. I would not be surprised if they had an AI mechanical robot next year."

While it's not been confirmed if Lord Sugar's comment was aimed at the comedian, X users are suggesting it is. 

Gaining a lot of attention, with more than 700 comments including one sharing: "The Apprentice has had one for 19 years tbf."

McCausland saw the tweet from Lord Sugar and replied: "I am sorry my gimmick offends you oh mighty Lord. #YoureTired."

The Strictly contestants tweet gained more than one million views and saw many people support the comedian.

As one follower said: "Good for you Chris I love seeing Strictly show that ANYONE can learn to dance and enjoy dancing, no matter your size, sexuality, disability, etc Looking forward to you and Dianne's dance next week, loved your salsa this week."

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Another sharing: "Chris and Dianne-you were Fantastic this week."

On the latest week at Striclty, McCausland performed a 'flawless' salsa according to Shirley Ballas and impressed everyone in the building, including Craig Revel Horwood, who called it 'Bonza' in his mother tongue Australian accent.

Anton was lost for words but called it "one of the most remarkable things I've ever seen in my life".