Michael Pattie, a charity campaigner from Dumfries may touch women inappropriately whenever he wants it has been announced.
Appearing on BBC Breakfast this morning with his People's Strictly dance partner Aliona Vilani, he held her in a firm and deeply uncomfortable embrace for the entire interview with Bill Turnbull and Louise Minchin.
Talking after the interview, Aliona said 'Michael is constantly hugging and squeezing me at every opportunity and it's deeply uncomfortable. But he's got a dead wife and son and does charity work so it's all fine I guess.'
And a visibly uncomfortable Michin said after the Breakfast interview 'He would not let go. It is really, really creepy. But he raises money for charity and this is now meant to be his moment so I suppose we have to let him manhandle some young women.'
'That's how Jimmy Saville got started you know' she added.