Ben Hanlin’s joke about Cheryl Fernandez-Versini didn’t go down well on Saturday night.
The magician made an appearance on The X Factor spin-off show, The Xtra Factor, and was asked to do a trick by presenters Rochelle Humes and Melvyn Odom.
During the trick which sees him chew a corner of a card and swallow it, he said ‘I’m on the Cheryl Cole diet’ before making a face, saying ‘no’ and hearing a gasp by one of the people sitting near by.
Rather than address the ill-advised joke, which not only implied the X Factor judge eats paper but also call… Read the full story