Only Connect's Victoria Coren makes Michael Portillo dig as she shares underwear admission

Victoria Coren Mitchell returned to host another first-round match of BBC's , this evening. As the quizzers battled it out, she shared a baffling anecdote about underwear and took a chance to take a dig at amid their rumoured 'feud'.

Tonight's episode welcomed the Al Frescans to take on the Sprouters. Both teams relied on patience, lateral thinking and sheer inspiration to make connections between four things that appeared at first not to be linked.

One link revealed four people who are often known as 'The Body' - Marie McDonald, Jesse Ventura, Elle Macpherson and The Body from .

Victoria chose to share an unusual anecdote from one of the connections, Elle Macpherson, as she said: "Elle always apparently wears matching bra and pants. 'It just makes you feel better,' she says.

"I mean you wouldn't walk around with one blue sock and one red sock, would you? 'I always wash the bra and knickers at the same time so the set never gets split up. If I'm wearing a bra that doesn't match the knickers, I feel like I'm walking with a limp. It just doesn't feel right."

The host added: "What I'm taking from that is I can't even be bothered to wash them at all."

Later, when wrapping up the quiz show and introducing the next programme to air on BBC Two, Victoria made a cheeky remark about Michael Portillo. Victoria shared: "Coming up next on , it's another episode in that wonderful angling series."

She added that the show features a different BBC Two star every week, with "rod in hand." The host continued: "This week you will be amazed at the sequence of events that led to Michael Portillo catching crabs."

Fans on Twitter thought the moment was hilarious, while others were confused over her relationship with the star. One wrote: " Does VCM like Michael Portillo or not ? Everytime. #onlyconnect."

Another added: "Not sure if @VictoriaCoren likes or dislikes Michael Portillo at this point."

It is not the first time she has been accused of over a light-hearted joke. She once made a controversial quip that should donate his clothing to charity - and that she'd help him.

Victoria later admitted she'd brought Portillo up simply as an "excuse" to mention him.

She told The Observer: "My Only Connect persona - who is very like me, but just different enough to maintain sanity - is always talking about Michael Portillo. He's perfect for her. Dark, enigmatic, faintly Spanish... Knowledgeable, quirky, with hints of a sexually adventurous past..."

On a previous show, she'd told the audience: "I'm going to hurry back to my dressing room where I hope to find Michael Portillo, sitting naked atop a crate of rioja, challenging me to wrestle him off."