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The Apprentice viewers were left in fits of laughter after Lord Alan Sugar made a quip about Prince Andrew.
The 19th season of the long-running series is currently on air, with seven entrepreneurs still in the running to win a £250,000 investment from the businessman.
On the latest episode, those remaining were tasked with selling products on a shopping channel.
But when it came time to discuss what unfolded in the boardroom, Lord Sugar couldn’t help but poke fun at them.
After mocking some of them for avoiding using a facial steamer in the task, he dropped a joke that left many taken aback.
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‘You ended up with the face spa right? I didn’t see you use it. I saw the steam coming out of it. Half an hour of that would even get Prince Andrew to sweat,’ he joked.
Lord Alan Sugar left many in shock making a joke about Prince Andrew on the latest episode of The Apprentice (Picture: BBC)
The camera then cut to Baroness Karren Brady, who turned her head and laugh, with Tim Campbell bursting out laughing too.
Meanwhile the candidates also tried to hold back giggles.
Those watching on home were also left amused by the gag.
Baroness Karren Brady had to do a double take (Picture: BBC)
Tim Campbell was left in stitches (Picture: BBC)
The candidates did their best to hold back giggles (Picture: BBC)
‘Not Lord Sugar dropping a Prince Andrew joke on BBC primetime,’ Mark posted on X.
‘Line of the season from Lord Sugar re Prince Andrew 😂😂😂,’ Nigel shared.
‘”Half an hour of that would even get Prince Andrew to sweat.” A Lord Sugar joke that actually mad me laugh,’ Emma added.
Many others called his comment ‘hysterical’.
Prince Andrew claimed in a 2019 interview with Newsnight that he can’t sweat (Picture: Mark Harrison/ Camera Press)
His joke was a reference to Prince Andrew’s infamous 2019 Newsnight interview with Emily Maitlis in which the royal was grilled about his friendship with American businessman and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
During the interview Prince Andrew counteracted claims by Virginia Giuffre – who said Prince Andrew sexually abused her – that he had been sweating during a dance during one meeting.
He then claimed he couldn’t sweat due to a medical condition, which he said was an ‘overdose of adrenaline’ from the Falklands War.
During The Apprentice episode, Lord Sugar eventually fired 30-year-old senior account manager Max England, who was project manager for his team, who has struggled trying to sell electric mits, picnic blankets and inflatable canoes.
The Apprentice airs on Thursdays at 9pm on BBC One.
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