Gogglebox’s Lee Riley received awkward message from Bucks Fizz after making dig on show: ‘I was only jesting!’
Posted by  badge Boss on May 14, 2022 - 09:19PM
Bucks Fizz singer Cheryl Baker awkwardly slid into Lee’s DMs! (Picture: REX / Instagram jennyandlee_gogglebox)

star got an awkward message from a member of Eurovision-winning English pop band after making a dig about them on the Channel 4 show.

The TV-sofa critic, who has appeared on Gogglebox alongside his best pal Jenny since 2014, revealed singer Cheryl Baker slid into his DMs to confront him about his brutal comments on the show.

Watching the Eurovision 1982 winners perform on ITV’s , Lee and Jenny had been in hysterics, reacting to hosts Eamonn Holmes and Ruth Langsford who were clapping along to the live performance.

Jenny said: ‘Look at him and her, they’re loving it!’

Lee added: ‘[They’re] thinking “get this s*** off!”‘

However, Lee’s comments weren’t ignored after Cheryl messaged him on Instagram.

Lee appears on the show next to his best pal Jenny (Picture: channel 4 / Jude Edginton)

Spilling the tea to press at the Baftas, , Lee said: ‘I think I said something about Bucks Fizz once, and she did message me. Cheryl Baker.

‘And I did say that I was only jesting. I said, “You are a good singer!”‘

Lee promised he was just ‘jesting’ after Cheryl slid into his DMs (Picture: Ken McKay/ITV/REX)

Lee also confessed that he had ‘ducked and dived’ from celebrities at the ceremony in fear that he’d previously made digs about them on the Gogglebox sofa.

When asked who they were looking forward to seeing, Lee and his castmate Mica Ven said they didn’t want to bump into anyone they had ‘slagged off’ on the show.

Lee said: ‘I have ducked and dived a few times.’

Lee and his co-stars nabbed the best reality and constructed factual programme award (Picture: Getty)

Elsewhere at the award ceremony, Lee .

Sharing his thoughts after the ceremony wrapped, the 52-year-old quipped: ‘[It was] brilliant, but long. Really long.

Lee admitted he couldn’t keep his eyes open during the ceremony! (Picture: Guy Levy/REX/Shutterstock for BAFTA)

‘I think I’ve nodded off twice.’

Lee also confirmed that his co-star and best friend  after undergoing an operation.

‘She was supposed to be here but she had to have a minor operation and it came this week, so she couldn’t turn it down,’ he said.

‘So she’s still in hospital. She’s gonna be watching, she will be watching this in a hospital bed.’

Gogglebox airs Fridays at 9pm on Channel 4.