Britain's Got Talent bosses have moved to assure fans that host Ant McPartlin is well after he suffered a fall during the show. The host took a tumble as he joined previous winners Diversity on stage.
He was seen on the ITV show skidding across the stage and collapsing on his back. Despite the incident, judges Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden, Alesha Dixon and Bruno Tonioli were in hysterics, The Mirror reports.
Even his long-time co-host and best friend Dec couldn’t contain his laughter, as he and Diversity frontman Ashley Banjo were crying laughing. And when Dec asked his pal if he was okay, Ant replied: “I wet myself and farted at the same time!”
“Is your coccyx alright?” Amanda asked him. Ant was later shown his fall in slow motion, and he jokingly blamed the “slippy stage” for making him tumble.
“I'm making a claim! That was a very slippy stage,” he quipped. Viewers took to Twitter to share their concern for the much-loved telly star, with one writing: “I reckon that hurt more than he could show, bruises tomorrow,” while another added: “That looked SO painful. Hope Ant’s ok."
BGT then moved to reassure fans, and gave them an update on Ant. “Don't worry, Ant's fine!” they tweeted.
Many viewers managed to see the funny side of the incident, with one posting: “Everyone caught up with the live show now after rewinding it a few times to watch Ant fall over? #BGT.” “Catching up on #BGT and my god that fall Ant had at the start. I shouldn’t laugh but I can’t help it…,” another joked.
“Lights Camera and Fall #BGT #Ant,” another quipped.
