EastEnders star Danny Dyer has called Katie Hopkins a “daft sexist” after she poked fun at the news that his long-term girlfriend had proposed to him.

Katie compared the proposal to the US case when Lorena Bobbitt sliced off her husband’s penis.

Danny, who plays Queen Vic landlord Mick Carter in the soap hit back, comparing Katie to actor Wilfred Bramble, who played the scruffy father in Steptoe And Son.

Danny announced his engagement to Joanne Mas in Hello! magazine, saying it was “a complete bolt out of the blue”.

He said: “I’m so glad she did it because I don’t think I could have taken the rejection. I love the fact Jo proposed.”