Les Dennis appeared to be taking a swipe at his ex-wife Amanda Holden on Saturday after she posted a slew of cheeky snaps from Paris to her Instagram.
The actor married the BGT judge in 1995 when she was 22 and he was 40, before they finally split in 2003.
And Les, now 69, caused tongues wagging after seemingly taking a jab at his former partner’s latest post.
Amanda, now 52, shared a series of stunning photos of herself on a lavish evening in the French capital on Friday.
Les then cheekily posted a photo from his less-than-luxurious dressing room — while touring the country with the musical 42nd Street — writing, “Not in Paris. In Leicester’.
French chic: Les Dennis appeared to be lashing out at his ex-wife Amanda Holden on Saturday after she shared a slew of sassy snaps from Paris on her Instagram (pictured)
Cheeky: Les then posted a photo from his less-than-luxurious dressing room — while touring the country with the musical 42nd Street — writing, “Not in Paris. in Leicester’
Fans were left in hysterics and rushed to Twitter with a writing: ‘Well played sir, well played’.
Another commented: ‘Well done Les, you are a wonderful person, better than that person in the north of France’.
A third gushed, “I think you’re winning the internet today, Les, I doubt you can get a good curry in Paris too.”
With someone else proclaiming the former soap star a “National Treasure.”
A fifth quipped: ‘Well played Les and at least you have a choice of two sinks in that lovely dressing room, not many stars reach that level of sophistication, who needs Paris eh!’.
After five years of marriage, it emerged that the couple had gone their separate ways amid Amanda’s highly publicized fling with actor Neil Morrissey, 60.
The pair began their fling when they worked together on the 2000 film Happy Birthday Shakespeare, with Amanda later admitting that their relationship was all about “sex.”
At the time, many speculated whether the age difference between Amanda and Les was the cause of their problems.
Former couple; Britain’s Got Talent judge, 52, married television presenter Les, 69, in 1995, when she was 23 years old and he was 40 (pictured in 2002)
Loved it: Fans were left hysterical and took to Twitter with a writing: ‘Well played sir, well played’
And while Amanda and Les later reconciled before finally breaking up in 2002, she insists she has no idea if she was looking for a father figure in the funny man.
She said The times: ‘I don’t know because I’ve never done therapy, but there’s a kind of security in a relationship like that.
“I was very young and I still had a lot to learn about life.”
Speaking of her marriage and affair, she previously told the Daily Mail: “I did it to myself, I appreciate that, but nothing will ever be this bad again.
“It was a very dark time. It got to the point where I felt I could barely breathe.
Les turned out to be my savior. Ironic. So the person I hurt the most was the one who was there for me.”
It comes after Les Dennis took a playful swipe at his ex-wife Amanda with a joke about her affair with Neil.
Split: It turned out the couple had gone their separate ways amid Amanda’s highly publicized fling with actor Neil Morrissey, 60 (Amanda and Neil pictured in 2003)
Glam: The Paris Post spotted the television personality sizzling in a red satin mini dress
Speak on the Show and tell with Christopher Biggins podcast earlier, Les talked about when he starred in pantomimes with the late American actor Mickey Rooney shortly after his divorce.
Before each performance, the theater played Christmas carols, including Frank Sinatra’s famous hit Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas.
Les said, “Mickey was going to get really mad because of course Frank Sinatra ran off with Ava Gardner (Mickey’s wife).
“It would be like listening to Bob the Builder every night.”
The joke related to Neil being the voice of Bob on the children’s show for 14 years.
In 2013, Amanda opened up about her affair with Neil Good housekeeping: ‘I don’t believe that women have affairs for no reason.
Rightly or wrongly, Neil got a lot of stick. I feel like it was my fault – I was the one who got married.
“I want to change the general perception of him because he was very caring and very loving and very concerned about me losing so much weight. He used to cook for me, take care of me and look after the dogs.’
Wow! She put on a very racy display in a last moment, showing off her incredible figure in full as she lay across a table in her skimpy ensemble
In 2014, Neil finally apologized to game show host Les for the affair he had with his then-wife Amanda.
The star, who has previously said he has not apologized to Les, made the confession on Piers Morgan’s Life Stories.
He said, “I feel sorry for the way the situation was handled and I feel sorry for how emotional Les seemed to get. It was very difficult for him and I am very sorry.’
His comment came after Piers asked him if he’d ever apologized to Les, to which he replied, “No, I didn’t.” I’m not positive about what excuses are for. I don’t know what the whole situation was, to be fair to everyone.’
When asked why he’s never talked about it before, the father of one child shared, “I think enough has been said about it. This was a very short flight. At that time I had no representation in terms of PR and this was the first time that I really fell under the cosh.’