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NTA viewers are fearing Lee Mack will be "cancelled" after he made a shock joke about Jill Scott in his acceptance speech.

Comedian Lee, 55, picked up the Quiz Game Show award for The 1% Club during the ceremony.

NTA viewers are fearing Lee Mack will be "cancelled" over his latest joke
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NTA viewers are fearing Lee Mack will be "cancelled" over his latest jokeCredit: Rex
He made a rather crude joke about Jill Scott (pictured with Mo Gilligan)
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He made a rather crude joke about Jill Scott (pictured with Mo Gilligan)Credit: Rex

But after taking to the stage to collect his NTA latest trophy, he made a rather crude joke about the retired Lioness, 36, who had presented the category alongside Mo Gilligan, 35.

Brandishing the gong, Lee quipped: "To receive a sex toy like this off Jill Scott is an absolute pleasure."

But some fans took to X, formerly Twitter, to claim the Woke brigade would come after him over the spicy acceptance speech.

One person wrote, "Well lee mack is gonna get cancelled now."

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A second chimed in with, "Not sure @LeeMack did himself any favours there. Still a big fan of 100% club."

Someone else added: "Watching lee mack trying to be funny is just painful."

However, some enjoyed the speech, with one penning, "Lee mack makes me cry with laughter oh my god."

Another fan said, "Lee Mack proving what a proper comedian can do if you have a bit of talent."

The 1% Club had been up against Michael McIntyre's The Wheel, The Chase Celebrity Special and Richard Osman's House Of Games.

It's not the first time Lee's come under fire over his jokes.

Earlier this year, he was slammed by a stuttering charity after he mimicked the speech impediment on Would I Lie To You?

Lee had mocked Rob Brydon when he stumbled on the word, 'She,' and compared him to Ronnie Barker's character Arkwright from Open All Hours.

STAMMA subsequently told in a statement: "It was disheartening to see Lee Mack and the Would I Lie to You crew mock stammering on Friday night's show.

"Around 8% of kids and at least 1% of adults stammer. This is our voice, it's how we talk. The thoughtless ridicule we saw on WILTY offers us a stark choice between being laughed at or being silent.

"We know it wasn't meant to hurt or offend, but for many who stammer, it does.

"To all those adults and teens out there who stammer, and all those parents who have kids who stammer, know that there are many people who accept that stammering is simply the way some of us talk. Who make space and time for us in conversation and value our fabulous, stammered voices."

Comedian Lee picked up the Quiz Game Show award for The 1% Club
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Comedian Lee picked up the Quiz Game Show award for The 1% ClubCredit: Getty

NTAs 2023: the winners

Serial Drama

  • Coronation Street
  • EastEnders - Winner
  • Emmerdale
  • Hollyoaks

Talent Show

  • Britain’s Got Talent
  • Strictly Come Dancing - Winner
  • The Great British Bake Off
  • The Great British Sewing Bee

New Drama

  • Beyond Paradise
  • Blue Lights
  • Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story
  • Wednesday - Winner

Daytime

  • Loose Women
  • The Chase
  • The Repair Shop - Winner
  • This Morning

Comedy

  • Brassic
  • Ghosts
  • Ted Lasso
  • Young Sheldon - Winner

Authored Documentary

  • Deborah James: Bowelbabe in Her Own Words
  • Lewis Capaldi: How I’m Feeling Now - Winner
  • Matt Willis: Fighting Addiction
  • Rob Burrow: Living with MND

Rising Star

  • Benjamin Chivers (Isaac, The Devil’s Hour)
  • Bobby Brazier (Freddie Slater, EastEnders) - Winner
  • Channique Sterling-Brown (Dee-Dee Bailey, Coronation Street)
  • Lewis Cope (Nicky Milligan, Emmerdale)

Factual

  • Clarkson's Farm
  • Paul O'Grady: For the Love of Dogs - Winner
  • Sort Your Life Out
  • The Martin Lewis Money Show Live

TV Presenter

  • Alison Hammond
  • Ant & Dec - Winner
  • Bradley Walsh
  • Claudia Winkleman
  • Martin Lewis

Quiz Game Show

  • Michael McIntyre’s The Wheel
  • Richard Osman’s House of Games
  • The 1% Club - Winner
  • The Chase Celebrity Special

Drama Performance

  • Brenda Blethyn (DCI Vera Stanhope, Vera)
  • India Amarteifio (Young Queen Charlotte, Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story)
  • James Norton (Tommy Lee Royce, Happy Valley)
  • Judy Parfitt (Sister Monica Joan, Call the Midwife)
  • Sarah Lancashire (Catherine Cawood, Happy Valley) - Winner

Serial Drama Performance

  • Charlotte Jordan (Daisy Midgeley, Coronation Street)
  • Danielle Harold (Lola Pearce-Brown, EastEnders) - Winner
  • Dominic Brunt (Paddy Kirk, Emmerdale)
  • Maureen Lipman (Evelyn Plummer, Coronation Street)

TV Interview

  • Louis Theroux Interviews…
  • Piers Morgan Uncensored
  • The Chris & Rosie Ramsey Show
  • The Graham Norton Show - Winner

Reality Competition

  • Love Island
  • Race Across the World
  • SAS: Who Dares Wins
  • The Traitors - Winner

Returning Drama

  • Call the Midwife
  • Happy Valley - Winner
  • Stranger Things
  • Vera

The Bruce Forsyth Entertainment Award

  • Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway
  • Gogglebox - Winner
  • I'm a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!
  • The Masked Singer

Special Recognition

Sarah Lancashire

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