CURTIS Pritchard apologised for his sexist jokes after cruelly branding Maura Higgins a second hand car.
The Love Island star, 25, bombed his set on Channel 4 series Stand Up & Deliver as part of the Stand Up 2 Cancer drive.
The show saw a range of famous faces get trained by comedians and perform a tight five routine.
However, Curtis – who was partnered with Loose Women’s Judi Love – has now apologised for his set, which included jokes about his ex Maura.
Speaking on his podcast AJ vs Curtis with his brother, he said: “I know that we normally do the questions from you guys here but just before we move on, I just want to quickly say I recently took part in the Stand Up to Cancer initiative with Channel 4 where I was challenged to become a stand up comedian.
“I just want to apologise because I know that everyone that listens to this, you always support me and give me the utmost respect and than you so much for that, but I just want to apologise to anybody offended.
“Some of the jokes, they were completely off-track and went too far and I didn’t realise that at the time. But I realise it now and I just want to apologise to everybody and anybody that I have offended.
“It was never intentional at all, it really wasn’t. It was a great show to be a part of and I was very fortunate to be able to take part but I just want to apologise and say I am sorry for the jokes.”
HOAR revealed in February how Curtis compared Maura to a second hand car in his set.
In his stand up routine, Curtis told a story about once working in a kennel and how it was the perfect preparation for the ITV2 dating show, likening the girls coming back from rival villa Casa Amor as “dogs marking their territory”.
He said: “Looking back now it reminds me of Love Island because when the dogs are in season they go crazy, there was bitches running around left, right and centre.
“They were trying to ride each other non-stop, it was wild.”
And he joked that girls on the ITV2 dating show are like second hand cars, adding: “You’ve got all these different shapes and sizes in front of you, take it for a spin, take it for a test drive and if you don’t like it, you send it back.”
He also said he likes to drink a smooth whisky, because it’s “trusting, the flavour will never cheat on you…unlike my ex girlfriend”.
The star made awkward sex jokes throughout his routine, saying: “I had this great idea to go on to the biggest dating show on TV. I had the time of my life on there. It’s actually where I got compared to Usain Bolt.
“The only difference is, hang on when he finishes under 10 seconds the crowd goes wild, when I finish under 10 seconds she looks at me in disgust and says ‘is that all you’ve got?’”
The ballroom dancer then pointed to a member of the audience and joked “it happens to you to doesn’t it?”
He added: “Don’t worry about it, there is a little blue pill that will make you hard for hours, I promise you.”
The dancer continued to lower the tone, joking about the time he accidentally used hand sanitiser on a partner instead of lubricant.
He said: “I got some lubricant out, two squirts. You don’t want anymore than that otherwise it’s like a slip and slide. You’ll slip off the bed and you won’t know what hole it’s gone in. It’s like throwing a sausage down a hallway. It’s ridiculous.”
Judi watched in horror from behind the stage and shared her feedback on his delivery.
She said: “I didn’t even know that he was going to do this joke, I told him to take this joke out.”
Other stars featured on the show included ex-Corrie actress Katie McGlynn who was trained by comedian Zoe Lyons, while David Baddiel advised the Rev Richard Coles.
