Stacey Solomon forced to defend husband Joe Swash after he’s brutally mocked at Bafta TV Awards

STACEY Solomon was forced to defend her husband Joe Swash as she collected her BAFTA award.

The TV star looked incredible in a black body-con dress as she stepped up to the stage to present an award.

But as she was being introduced, BAFTA host Rob Beckett made a tongue-in-cheek comment about Joe.

"Next is the award for factual entertainment, to present it is the host of Sort Your Life Out," co-host Romesh Ranganathan announced.

"Which is a bit much coming from the person who married Joe Swash," Rob chipped in before calling Stacey a "national treasure".

Giggling as she walked onto the stage, she looked over to the hosts and said: "He's not that bad," before joking: "He is".

She told the audience that she's "very excited to be out of the house".

"Usually I'm sat on the sofa watching these kind of shows with five kids, and a Joe Swash, so this has been lovely" she laughed.

Stacey looked incredible in the black sparkly number, which showed off her figure after recent weight loss.

Her dress features a high split which highlighted her incredibly toned legs.

Her blonde locks were styled in glamourous loose waves and parted to the side.

Stacey's make-up showcased full lashes, a nude lip and she wore a pair of small hoop earrings and dainty necklace to complete her look.

This comes after Stacey's Loose Women co-star Linda Robson revealed that Stacey will not be making a big return as a regular panelist any time soon as she is 'too busy' to come back to the job full-time.

Speaking exclusively to The Sun, Birds Of A Feather legend Linda said: "She’s not going to be a regular anymore? I don’t think so, but you never know.

"I would love her to come back, she’s a really good Loose Woman - she’s really honest. But I think she’s got too much on.

 "She’s got her own series and her and Joe are out in their little house. She’s still really welcome but she’s just so busy."