He resigned from hosting the bash...
But now suspended BBC presenter Jonathan Ross has been nominated for a British Comedy Award.
Oh, the irony.
Friday Night With Jonathan Ross is up for a best comedy entertainment programme gong at the prestiguous laughter-celebrating cermony.
The nod comes despite the recent scandal caused by Wossy and Russell Brand's lewd - and some would say unfunny - voicemails to Fawlty Towers actor Andrew Sachs, broadcast on Radio 2 - which saw Wossy suspended for three months without pay and Russell quit his job.
Russell himself is also up for a gong at the awards, for best live stand-up performer.
Wossy withdrew from hosting the bash because of the controversy, but it's not yet clear whether he or Russell will now attend the ceremony to see if their nominations follow through.
The British Comedy Awards will be broacast live on ITV on the 6th December.
For a full list of nominations, see below.
2008 BRITISH COMEDY AWARDS - NOMINATIONS
BEST TV COMEDY ACTOR OF 2008
David Mitchell - Peep Show
James Corden - Gavin & Stacey
Ricky Gervais - Extras: Christmas Special
BEST TV COMEDY ACTRESS OF 2008
Ashley Jensen - Extras: Christmas Special
Olivia Colman - Peep Show
Sharon Horgan - Pulling
BEST COMEDY ENTERTAINMENT PERSONALITY OF 2008
Alan Carr - Friday Night Project/Sunday Night Project
Ant & Dec - I'm a Celebrity .. Get Me Out of Here!/Saturday Night
Takeaway/Britain's Got Talent
Graham Norton - The Graham Norton Show
Harry Hill - Harry Hill's TV Burp
BEST NEW BRITISH TV COMEDY OF 2008
The Kevin Bishop Show
No Heroics
The Inbetweeners
BEST TV COMEDY OF 2008
Benidorm
Gavin & Stacey
Peep Show
BEST TV COMEDY DRAMA OF 2008
Drop Dead Gorgeous
Mutual Friends
Skins
BEST COMEDY ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMME OF 2008
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Harry Hill's TV Burp
The Sunday Night Project
BEST LIVE STAND-UP PERFORMER OF 2008
Alan Carr
Michael McIntyre
Russell Brand
BEST MALE COMEDY NEWCOMER OF 2008
Dan Clark - How Not To Live Your Life
Simon Bird - The Inbetweeners
Steve Edge - The Cup
BEST FEMALE COMEDY NEWCOMER OF 2008
Anna Crilly - Lead Balloon
Isy Suttie - Peep Show
Katy Brand - Katy Brand's Big Ass Show
BEST COMEDY PANEL SHOW OF 2008
Have I Got News for You
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
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