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Aston Merrygold and Janette Manrara in hysterics as Zoe Ball’s phone goes off LIVE on It Takes Two
ASTON Merrygold and his Strictly dance partner Janette Manrara were left in hysterics when Zoe Ball's son called her live on tonight's It Takes Two.
The presenter was mid-interview with one of this year's star pairings when her son Woody decided to give her a call.
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"Just let me turn my phone off."
Smiling, she let them know who it was, saying: "It's my son."
The pair loved her blasé attitude and burst out laughing.
Zoe then quipped: "Where am I? Oh yes we're in the studio."
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Viewers loved the comedy moment, writing on Twitter: "Funniest moment on #ItTakesTwo when @ZoeTheBall ‘s son rings his mum while she’s at work😂
@ZoeTheBall brilliant when your son rung you on air 😂😂😂😂."
"Catching up with tonight's #ItTakesTwo and I really wanted @ZoeTheBall to answer the phone! Brilliant!! That's live tv for ya! #helloson.
"@ZoeTheBall #ItTakesTwo Zoe u r amazing..so funny..cracked up when Woody called u on prog 2nite! U r inspiration for overcoming bad times💓."
Just days ago fans blasted Strictly for showing pop’s Aston doing a Halloween dance in a graveyard.
A clip screened before the JLS star performed his paso doble on Saturday saw him rehearsing in the cemetery.
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Strictly Come Dancing's Aston Merrygold and dance partner Janette Manrara practice their Paso Doble routine in a graveyard
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Ballroom partner Janette, 33, was with him among the tombstones.
Horrified BBC1 viewers who then saw the singer, 29, take to the studio dance floor in skeleton make-up slammed the clip as disgusting.
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David Thomas Hill said on Twitter: “So disrespectful dancing in a graveyard on people’s graves.”
Trevor Parry tweeted: “Don’t agree with using a graveyard as a prop for entertainment.”
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Aston Merrygold and Janette Manrara dance the Paso Doble on Strictly Come Dancing
Kate Rickard slammed it as unfunny.
Others said they were shocked.
The BBC insisted: “Everyone involved was sensitive to their surroundings.
"At no point did anyone walk or dance on any grave.”
In the Halloween special dance-off judges voted unanimously to save singer Mollie King, 30, and kick out chef Simon Rimmer, 54.
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