Dancing With The Stars: Hughie Maughan in fake tan storm Published duration 17 January 2017

image copyright Dancing With The Stars/RTÉ image caption Hughie Maughan has laughed off the comments about his appearance on Dancing With The Stars

An Irish dance show contestant has sent viewers into a spin with the intensity of his fake tan.

Hughie Maughan's teak tone under the spotlight had viewers doing their own keyboard tap dance.

The Dublin man was appearing on Irish broadcaster RTÉ's Dancing With The Stars at the weekend.

Hughie told RTÉ's Ryan Tubridy he had laughed off the comments, claiming he had "thick elephant skin".

"The entire place was staring at me and the whole studio was looking at me, laughing and were gobsmacked," he added.

"I just found it funny. I'm one of those types of people, I'm bonkers when it comes to certain things.

image copyright Dancing With The Stars/RTÉ image caption He has performed on the show with dance partner Emily Barker

"It's made people speak about me which is probably a good thing, I am on a TV show… Isn't that the point of television?"

Hughie's boyfriend Ryan Ruckledge was among those who contributed to the comments sparked by his partner's polished visage.

"He really shouldn't have taken tanning tips from me," he joked, before adding, "bad boyfriend advice hahah sorry".

The pair met on Channel 5's Big Brother programme last year.

image caption His boyfriend Ryan Ruckledge was among those who tweeted

Others compared Hughie to Ross Geller from the hit US TV show Friends when David Schwimmer's sitcom character has a spray tan fiasco.