Strictly Come Dancing host Josh Widdicombe has revealed he was hit in the back by an angry plane passenger following an innocent gesture he made on a flight
Strictly Come Dancing’s Josh Widdicombe was hit in the back by an angry plane passenger. The new host of the BBC One dancing competition has shared an insight into a row he became embroiled in on a flight home from Greece.
The presenter, 43, shared that he innocently put his foot on the edge of an empty seat to tie his lace while waiting to use the toilet on board the aircraft. However, things took a drastic turn when the person in the next seat hit out at Josh and explained that her husband had been sitting in the empty seat.
But while Widdicombe attempted to apologise for his actions, his apology didn’t go down too well with either the male or the female, who took drastic action.
Speaking of the incident, Josh said: “It was on the plane back from Greece. I went up to the toilet at the front of the queue, and you know the front seats. There was someone at the window seat, and then there were two empty seats, so I perched on the arm of the end empty seat, and I looked down, and my shoe was undone, so I put it up on the corner of the seat.
“Fine, I made a mistake. Speaking on the Parenting Hell podcast, he went on to add: “The woman at the end said ‘Excuse me, that’s my husband’s seat’, so I was like, ‘Fine, sorry I’ve made my mistake, put my foot down.’
“She doesn’t expect the apology; she tries to continue telling me off. So I kind of turned back and queued up. The guy comes out of the loo.”
Josh went on to allege: “He sits down, and then he goes past me and whacks me in the back as he goes past me. You know like Richard Ashcroft in that Urban Hymns video, like a footballer off the ball and then he goes past me and goes ‘Did you put your foot on my seat?’
“He was getting napkins to wipe his seat down.” Josh went on to add that the situation became worse after his apology. The flight attendants on board the aircraft went over to check on the man in question and Josh alleges that one member of the crew said “There’s one on every flight, isn’t there?”
He continued: “The air steward starts to confide me in, so I start to dig into this and start laughing away with the air steward, I really go for it with the charming chat with the air stewards.
“At that point, a woman comes up and says she’s a fan of me, and I think ‘This is glorious’. Then later on the flight I go to the toilet again and the woman is still staring at me, even as I walk down the aisle she cranes her neck to evil me, I’ve said sorry by this point.
“An hour later, I hear the stewards saying, ‘He’s still cleaning the seat with his napkin’, it’s been an hour! He might be germophobic, I suppose.”
Josh recalled how the incident left him worried that the man in question was going to “confront” him, adding it was a “weird” situation.
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