Earlier on Tuesday, BBC director-general Tim Davie defended the decision to cast former Skinner in Strictly, which starts later this month.
Speaking to MPs from the Culture, Media and Sport committee, Davie said: “That was not my decision, that was the production team looking for those people … who want to do Strictly, and those people they thought would be interesting to the audience.”
Davie added: “Clearly, we wouldn’t take anyone whose views are just beyond the pale, or we would see as completely unacceptable or not suitable, racist views, all those things, we wouldn’t accept them.
“But that’s not the case here, from what I know, I’m not an expert on the individual, per se.”
Earlier this week, the BBC announced premium-rate phone voting on Strictly would end, with viewers invited only to cast their votes for contestants online.