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Paul McAuley

Ant and Dec's drag performance on Saturday Night Takeaway hit with Ofcom complaints

Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly's drag performance on last week's Saturday Night Takeaway has been hit with Ofcom complaints.

The presenters teamed up with the winners of RuPaul's Drag Race UK to deliver a fierce performance as their alter egos, Lady Antoinette and Miss Donna Lee, otherwise known as The Angels of the North.

Stealing the show, Ant transformed into a red-head and donned a black sparkly outfit whereas Dec rocked a blonde wig, red lipstick and a blue feather dress.

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The group, which included Liverpool's The Vivienne, Lawrence Chaney and Krystal Versace, performed the new charity single, We Werk Together - with all the proceedings from the single being donated to the Trussel Trust, a charity which works towards ending UK hunger and poverty.

While the majority of viewers loved the entertainment, more than 50 people complained.

Television watchdog Ofcom reported that 59 people took issue with the scenes at hand.

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