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HE'S known for his controversial sense of humour but Jimmy Carr shocked the audience of the Q Awards when he went a joke too far.

The comic, 42, made a crack about Reeva Steenkamp – the day after Oscar Pistorius was sentenced to five years for shooting her dead in his bathroom.

After beginning his Xperia Access Q Awards presentation with a spiel about needing the toilet when there is a long queue, he added: “So frustrating. All I’m saying is I can see it from Oscar Pistorius’ point of view.”

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The 200-strong audience, which included Simple Minds, Johnny Marr, Boy George and Sandie Shaw, gasped but Jimmy continued: “That’s not the controversial bit. Here it comes… I blame her.”

As an awkward hum filled the room, he added: “If she hadn’t been in that disabled toilet none of this would have happened.”

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To the stunned silence he shouted: “It’s the f****** Q Awards, come on.”

Cue more tumbleweeds… But the response didn’t seem to bother him and he went on to present the

Best Act In The World Today award to Kasabian.

Despite the joke going down like a lead balloon, Jimmy told 3am: “I think it went all right. I’m going to go home and write some new jokes.”

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Yeah, that might be a good idea, Jimmy. Ear-lier in the afternoon at London’s Grosvenor House Hotel, Jimmy had been the butt of host Christian O’Connell’s tax jibes.

Christian joked that Gary Barlow had been seeking advice from a new accountant after the Take That star apologised for using a tax avoidance scheme, quipping: “Jimmy Carr’s.”

Kasabian were the big winners this year, taking home two awards – Best Live Act along with their earlier gong – while Madchester band The Charlatans won the Q Hero award and Pink Floyd’s Dark Side Of The Moon was celebrated for Classic Album.

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