‘It was awkward as hell’: Mel B ‘axed from Adele’s An Audience With special after making sex toy joke during Q&A’
- The Spice Girls star, 46, was said to have made an off-colour joke when she stepped up to the microphone to ask Adele a question
- A source said: ‘She was tasked with asking a question about the best gift Adele had ever received’
- They added: ‘Then she made a joke and said she could answer the question for Adele and said it was a vibrator’
- The insider said ITV couldn’t air the remark as the special was a ‘family show’ and there would be children watching
Mel B raised eyebrows during filming for Adele’s An Audience With special as she reportedly made a sex toy joke that was edited out of the broadcast.
The Spice Girls star, 46, was one of several celebrities in attendance at the event and was said to have made an off-colour joke when she stepped up to the microphone to ask Adele a question, following on from a host of other stars grilling the singer.
On the shocking moment that failed to make it to air, a source told The Sun: ‘She was tasked with asking a question about the best gift Adele had ever received but when the cameras were on her she said she felt silly asking it…
‘Then she made a joke and said she could answer the question for Adele and said it was a vibrator. No one really laughed but Adele made a wise crack about it and moved on.
Awkward: Mel B raised eyebrows during filming for Adele’s An Audience With special as she reportedly made a sex toy joke that was edited out of the broadcast
‘There’s no bad blood or issue between them, ITV just couldn’t air it because not only was it awkward as hell – it was a family show and there would be kids watching.’
Representatives for Mel B and ITV declined to comment when approached by MailOnline about the moment in question.
Away from the non-aired clip, a more successful moment came when Adele told Samuel L. Jackson, 72, how she once avoided getting a traffic ticket in Los Angeles thanks to her ‘Adelity’ celebrity status and influence.
Adele insisted: ‘I was ready to go to jail!’ before revealing that the wife of the police officer who pulled her over, screamed at him down the phone which resulted in the Someone Like You hitmaker being let off.
Question: The Spice Girls star, 46, was one of several celebrities in attendance at the event and was said to have made an off-colour joke when she stepped up to the microphone to ask Adele a question
Standing up in the audience, Samuel asked the superstar singer if she’d ever used her ‘Adelity’ – Adele celebrity status – to get out of a ticket or ‘any other precarious situation.’
‘Well one time on the 401, Samuel L. Jackson. When I first moved to LA – which by the way was never meant to be as long as it is – when I first moved there…
‘I’d never really driven there, and I was in the fast lane, in the far left lane, not going that fast. There was quite a lot of traffic, and I was in a rental and the windows were tinted a bit too dark but I didn’t know that.
A source said: ‘She made a joke and said she could answer the question for Adele and said it was a vibrator. No one really laughed but Adele made a wise crack about it and moved on’
‘Anyway, I was minding my own business and then suddenly a police car pulls up behind me and is basically hinting that I need to pull over so I just stopped where I was — I’d never been pulled over in my life.’
Adele’s TV special was a ratings winner for the channel and alongside the I’m A Celebrity launch, which aired directly after the show, the special helped catapult ITV to its biggest Sunday of the entire year.
An Audience With Adele accrued a peak of 5.4million viewers, the third highest rated show of the night – with each show scoring 1m streams as of Monday.
Quizzed: Away from the non-aired clip, a more successful moment came when Adele told Samuel L. Jackson, 72, how she once avoided getting a traffic ticket in Los Angeles thanks to her ‘Adelity’ celebrity status and influence
The star performed some of her most well-known hits and new songs Easy On Me and Love Is A Game.
The singer forced to restart hit single Easy On Me after her nerves got the better of her during the show.
During the opening lines of her No.1 track, Adele, who was wearing a stunning glitzy black Louis Vuitton gown by Nicolas Ghesquière, said: ‘One more time, I’m s***ing myself – I’m scared!’
Viewers watched as the backing band abruptly halted and she stopped to sip on a cup of chamomile tea before restarting the track, much to the delight of her audience.
Performance: Adele’s TV special was a ratings winner for the channel as 5.4million viewers tuned in to watch the star perform at the London Palladium
Adele joked that she had asked for hot honey but was given chamomile, as she admitted she ‘wasn’t a diva’ so didn’t ask the crew member to change the beverage.
Celebrity onlookers including Boy George and Emma Thompson cheered from the crowd as they watched Adele resume the song in pitch perfect fashion.
Other tongue wagging moments on the night included when Phillip Schofield was forced to crane his neck to watch the highly anticipated show after being sat behind Boy George and his signature hat.
The presenter, 59, found himself sat in front of Schitt’s Creek star Catherine O’Hara, but unfortunately placed behind the former Culture Club frontman and forced to crane his neck around his huge blue bowler hat.
Poor Phil! Other tongue wagging moments on the night included when Phillip Schofield was forced to crane his neck to watch the highly anticipated show after being sat behind Boy George and his signature hat
Boy George, 60, was branded ‘inconsiderate’ by Twitter users for the outfit choice, yet he soon hit back by tweeting: ‘I’m getting an even bigger hat so I can cast a big shadow over dull people with no style!’
Eagle-eyed viewers noticed poor Phillip trying his best to see Adele from behind the large accessory and took to Twitter to point it out.
Meanwhile Boy George responded again by tweeting out an article about the event and writing: ‘Ha. What a load of utter sh**e. Been wearing hats since 1982 and been to a zillion f***ing shows! Grow up!’
A bigger hat! Boy George, 60, was branded ‘inconsiderate’ by Twitter users for the outfit choice, yet he soon hit back by tweeting: ‘I’m getting an even bigger hat so I can cast a big shadow over dull people with no style!’
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