Viewers were left stunned by THAT naked balloon act on Celebrity Apprentice

“I will never unsee them penises”

The Apprentice Comic Relief - Rylan (BBC Screenshot)

Published: Friday, 8 March 2019 at 9:59 am

We’re used to toe-curlingly awful moments on The Apprentice (we’re still having flashbacks to Kurran from last year) but the new celebrity edition for Comic Relief has quite possibly topped them all...

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With both celebrity teams tasked by Lord Sugar to create two show-stopping events in order to raise as much cash as possible for Red Nose Day, the boys’ team leader Rylan Clark-Neal seemed to have it in the bag at first.

Pushing for a unique ‘sci-fi cabaret’ theme (and dressed as an astronaut to boot), Clark-Neal rounded up a galaxy of stars to take to the stage at The Bloomsbury Ballroom – with Cher even rumoured to be a last-minute addition to the roster.

However, despite praying it would be alright on the night, a comedy of errors saw the boys’ team overbook their schedule – forcing Simon Webbe and Louisa Johnson to only sing a minute's worth of music, and seeing them open with bizarre naked comedy act The Greatest Show on Legs.

The usually three-piece group take to the stage with strategically placed balloons to protect their modesty.

Comic Relief, The Apprentice (BBC screenshot)

But with a man down, Omid Djalili joined the performance at the last minute – which then saw one performer drop a balloon, and expose... everything.

While the audience on the night were left feeling a little 'deflated' by the performance (“I don’t know what I just watched,” a dejected Rylan said)...

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... the viewers at home found the whole debacle hilarious, taking to Twitter in hysterics.

Some pondered how the night went down the pan so quickly.

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Others wondered how Cher would have felt about following such an act

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However, everyone was in agreement that Rylan’s reaction was the highlight.

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Rylan, who was watching along at home, added:

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The girls’ team, led by Kelly Hoppen, seemed to be the clear winners: with Ayda Field roping in husband Robbie Williams, Alan Carr acting as compere and even Claude Littner getting involved in a conga.

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But which team will have raised the most money for Comic Relief?

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Celebrity Apprentice for Comic Relief concludes tonight at 9pm on BBC1


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Kimberley BondEntertainment Correspondent, RadioTimes.com

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