While has been filled with cheeky jokes and risqué innuendos from hosts Sonia Kruger and Chris Brown this year, viewers were shocked during Monday night’s finale when made one of the raunchiest comments of the season. The longtime judge, who has been a part of the series since it first launched in 2004, left red-faced when she made an off-colour remark about her burlesque-inspired performance. “Well, where did that naughty girl come from?” she said.
“Seriously, I think every guy in the audience would like to put you over their knee and give you a spanking - including my husband, and he is not going to.” Viewers took to social media to describe the moment as “bizarre” and “outrageous”, and now Samantha has weighed in on the controversy. Speaking to following the grand finale, the pop star admits she too was “confused” by Helen’s X-rated comment and wasn’t sure how to interpret it.
“Oh my gosh. Did you see me hide behind the feather? Because I was like, the ground needs to open up and I just need to pop into it. I was like, 'What is this comment? Oh my god!’.
It was a lot,” she says. “I’m gonna take that I guess as a compliment? I don't know about that one, Helen.” Samantha went on to defend the veteran judge and say that it was probably intended as a flattering remark about her bedazzled bodysuit.
“I don't ever wear things that racy. I'm usually in a full skirt - that wasn’t - and I was in a character,” she details. “When I went .