Whatâ€™s up with Mark Holden?

He was booted off Dancing With the Stars, but not before Mark Holden proudly flashed his paunch. And no, it wasnt a stunt gut.

Mark Holden has so far put on one of the worst performances on DWTS dressed up as a clown. Courtesy: Seven Network

HE was booted off Dancing With the Stars, but not before Mark Holden proudly flashed his paunch. And no, it wasn't a stunt gut.

Executing an earlier promise — or threat — to disrobe, Holden appeared to menace the judges in his 'Vladimir Putin-meets-Bert Newton' costume, prompting host Daniel McPherson to interject, "Excuse me, half-naked crazy man".

After dancing the paso doble to ACDC's Highway to Hell, his dance partner Jessica Prince gaffa-taped Holden's mouth shut, hoping to prevent a repeat of last week's antics. Speaking after the show, Holden said he wasn't nervous about tonight's performance, and had been preparing for the role "for 60 years".

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"God no. I love it, I've loved playing with the TV machine. It's been lovely to have one more go at it," he said.

"And now I get to have a nice, long rest. And a drink."

Crowd shocker ... Mark Holden with partner Jessica Prince. Source: Supplied

Holden, a former-reality TV judge and barrister picked crowd favourite Ricki-Lee Coulter to take out the competition.

"I'd pick Ricki-Lee (to win)," he said. "She's learned from the old dude and gone into character. She's a quick learner, the old Ricki-Lee."

Last week, after the clown-themed dancefloor disaster Holden labelled "Bobo-gate" he creepily rubbed himself against McPherson, saying, "Do you like balloons Danny? I could get you a balloon Danny".

Bizarre ... Mark Holden's chosen attire for his last dance. Source: Supplied

More than a million tuned in to catch the episode last week, after which Holden apologised assuring viewers he was not "on the turps" that night.