Dragons’ Den viewers slam Steven Bartlett after grilling ‘amazing’ inventor

DRAGONS' Den viewers have slammed Steven Bartlett after he grilled an 'amazing' inventor.

The latest episode of the BBC One show aired on Thursday night and saw an awkward exchange.

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One entrepreneur arrived in the den with his paper games business.

David Hawcock showed the business tycoons his pop up chess set and revealed other paper games are in the pipeline.

While the majority of the dragons were impressed with the pitch, Steven Bartlett found fault with his proposal.

The 30-year-old, who is the youngest investor in the den, questioned the point of his business idea.

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He told David: "When I first saw this I thought 'this is cool'.

"But sometimes things can be cool, but they're not necessarily better.

"So I'm trying to figure out how this is better because the point about, it being compact, I actually think it's a huge game of chess compared to the small ones that I've seen that are six or nine inches big - that's actually massive."

David was quick to reply to the businessman by telling him his idea makes the game completely collapsible.

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"The compact sets have tiny little pieces which can be really hard to read if you're playing the game," he said.

The tough questioning left viewers at home annoyed as they took to social media to slam Steven.

One viewer said: "What a brat Steven Bartlett is, speaking to that amazing craftsman/entrepreneur like that! Good on him for standing up for himself! So much talent."

"Gosh that was some grilling, why was that dragon so negative? #DragonsDen," said a second.

A third posted: "#dragonsden put Stephen in his place."

While a fourth commented: "Steven Bartlett speaking for all the dragons there i take it. Since when was he made spokesperson?"

Meanwhile, during the same episode Deborah Meaden ripped into Steven Bartlett after his savage comment about Sara Davies.

Dragons' Den airs Thursdays at 8pm on BBC One and iPlayer.

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