Countdown’s Rachel Riley issues apology to Russell Kane over ‘puerility’ following blunder | Celebrity News | Showbiz & TV

Countdown presenter Rachel Riley took to Twitter earlier today to apologise for her “puerility” in a video shared by Russell Kane on social media. The 36-year-old could be seen in an Instagram video uploaded by the comedian performing a gesture of a sexual nature.

The clip, shared in view of Russell’s 312,000 followers, showed Rachel “bombing” in the background, moving her fist up and down.

Russell, who could be seen dancing for the camera, cheekily captioned the post: “Would have been a funny dance had I not been abused by @rachelrileyrr”

Today, Rachel shared the video to apologise to the actor as she tried to make light of her actions.

She tweeted: “I thought I was privately ruining just one of a bunch of photos @russell_kane was taking on set, I didn’t realise I was bombing an Instagram dance video…

Stand-in host Colin Murray shrugged it off as the contestants snickered while giving their answers to the new presenter of the long-running quiz.

The moment was caused by the word “vagina” being offered as a potential winning answer by hopeful contestant Thomas.

However, the word did not win the round, for it was outperformed by Mike’s offer of the plural version – “vaginas”.

Colin said: “There you go! What a difference – putting an ’s’ on. I mean, that’s the thing – always pluralise.”