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‘Literally no one is calling for Lee Mack to be cancelled,’ one fan said (Picture: Jeff Spicer/Getty Images)

Lee Mack has responded to viewers who might be offended by jokes that he makes after his big win at the National Television Awards (NTAs).

On Tuesday evening, the comedian was among the winners at the awards ceremony, taking home the prize for best quiz show for his ITV game show The 1% Club.

While many people watching expressed how entertaining they found his speech when he went up on stage, one claimed that a remark that he made would result in him being ‘cancelled’ – even though no one actually called for that to happen.

After the 55-year-old received his award from former Lioness and I’m A Celebrity winner Jill Scott, he quipped: ‘To receive a sex toy like this off Jill Scott is an absolute pleasure.’

Among the messages of congratulations on X (formerly Twitter), one person wrote: ‘Well lee mack is gonna get cancelled now.’

However, another comment read: ‘The 1% Club winning as it should. Brilliant format and it means that we get to have Lee Mack on stage for a couple of mins. Perfect.’

The comedian delighted fans with his show’s win (Picture: James Veysey/Shutterstock for NTA)

National Television Awards winners
Bruce Forsyth Entertainment Award

Gogglebox

Returning Drama

Happy Valley

Reality Competition

Traitors

TV Interview

The Graham Norton Show

Serial Drama Performance

Danielle Harold (Lola Pearce, EastEnders)

Drama Performance

Sarah Lancashire (Catherine Cawood, Happy Valley)

Quiz/Game Show

The 1% Club

Factual

Paul O’Grady: For The Love Of Dogs

Rising Star

Bobby Brazier (Freddie Slater, EastEnders)

Authored Documentary

Lewis Capaldi: How I’m Feeling Now

Comedy

Young Sheldon

Special Recognition

Sarah Lancashire

Daytime

The Repair Shop

New drama

Wednesday

TV Presenter

Ant and Dec

Talent Show

Strictly Come Dancing

Serial Drama

Eastenders

Speaking about his award win in an interview, Lee explained his approach when people are offended by what he has to say.

‘My job as a stand-up comedian is to take the mickey out of the contestants,’ he told The Sun.

‘I decided never to be too cheesy with it. I just wanted to try to have a bit of a laugh.’

He compared being a TV presenter to doing a stand-up gig, recalling how some of his early performances at the Edinburgh Fringe festival often consisted of just 100 people in the audience.

The comedian outlined how he likes to ‘take the mickey out of contestants’ (Picture: James Veysey/Shutterstock for NTA)

‘It’s quite an intimate laugh and the one thing is the audience really can take it, you can take the mickey out of them,’ he stated.

‘It’s the people who are watching who get offended, not the audience. They’re always OK about it.’

One person who watched the NTAs put out a call for Lee to present the ceremony next year, as they found him so amusing to watch.

Another stressed: ‘Literally no one is calling for Lee Mack to be cancelled.’

The National Television Awards are available to watch on ITVX.

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