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It was the controversial World Cup anthem which was deemed to be racist and a favourite of football hooligans.
One onlooker at the filming last week told The Mail on Sunday: 'Paul looked really cross. The celebrities and their partners were being told what songs they would have. Lots of them were given lovely classics – then he got Vindaloo.' The onlooker added: 'You can't blame him for thinking he is being set up to be the joke act, but also the connotations of it are also not exactly positive either.Read More Strictly cast 'are furious' Aljaž Škorjanec has returned after shock backstage row 'It's pretty thoughtless of the BBC to give it to one of their stars of Strictly, particularly given all of the scandals that have engulfed the show for the last nine months.
Following a discussion about political correctness, Allen told Dhondy: 'It's not a chip you've got on your shoulder, it's a f****** vindaloo.'Allen later claimed he used the word 'vindaloo' because it is faux ethnic and that the type of curry originated in Portugal. And in 2016, the BBC's own presenter Nick Ahad, whose father is Bangladeshi, told how a group of white men wound their windows down and started chanting Vindaloo at him.
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