The 1% Club host Lee Mack has left viewers outraged after making a ‘brutal’ comment about a contestant’s appearance.

Lee, 56, made the comment during Saturday’s episode of the hit gameshow after asking contestant Diane Moorland what she would do with the prize money if she emerged victorious.

Diane said that she’d love to get a nose job with any potential windfall.

While Lee appeared shocked at first, when Diane insisted that she has never liked the shape of her nose, he eventually concurred that cosmetic surgery would be a good idea.

He said: ‘To be fair, it does look like thought that if you took your glasses off the nose would come off as well.’

While Diane herself laughed at Lee’s response, it did not get a positive reaction from viewers.

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The 1% Club host Lee Mack has left viewers outraged after making a ‘brutal’ comment about a contestant’s appearance

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Lee made the comment during Saturday’s episode of the hit gameshow after asking contestant Diane Moorland what she would do with the prize money if she emerged victorious

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After Diane shared that would like to get a nose job, Lee later concurred that cosmetic surgery would be a good idea

They were quick to take to social media so share their outrage about the host’s insensitive comment.

One even said it would only have been acceptable if Lee had cleared the remark with  the contestant prior to filming.

The outraged viewers wrote: ‘Gosh, I hope the lady with the nose cleared it for Lee to take the p*** before the show. That was brutal!’;

‘F*** sake Lee. She’ll definitely have a complex about her nose now!’;

‘It was so mean of him.’;

‘That was quite insensitive.’

Unfortunately for Diane, her hopes of cosmetic surgery were not made a reality by the show either as she did not win any cash.

The show centres around logic-inspired questions that get increasingly difficult, whittling down players to the top one percent.

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While Diane herself laughed at Lee’s response, it did not get a positive reaction from viewers, who were quick to take to social media to share their outrage

One viewer said it would only have been acceptable if Lee had cleared the remark with the contestant prior to filming, while others slammed the remark as insensitive and mean

Those with an exceptional level of logic and common sense can then be in with a chance of winning up to £100,000.

Lee Mack previously revealed why he thinks The 1 Percent Club has become such a hit.

He told The Sun: ‘Great contestants, loads of cash to win, and guaranteed “I can’t believe you couldn’t work that one out Dad!” moments to cause family disputes – I love it.

‘I like quizzes that are tough. I watch University Challenge knowing that if I’m lucky I’ll get a couple of questions right, and I’m more than happy with that because when you get it right, you feel great.

‘That’s what I really like about The 1% Club. Producers shared some questions with me and if I’d been able to get them all right, I probably wouldn’t have done the show.

‘But I quickly realised if someone gets these right, they’re a proper brainbox.’