The winner of Britain's Got Talent, Axel Blake, has addressed recent controversy after it emerged he has a show on Amazon Prime.
The comedian, who was crowned the winner in last night’s final, revealed that his show was self-financed and stressful - and he didn’t know Amazon Prime were going to pick it up. Host Lorraine Kelly asked about the comedy special, with Axel setting the record straight.
He said: "I put that show on myself.
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"I put my money where my mouth is and I achieved that, but it didn’t…. It looks like, “Oh my gosh, it’s Amazon Prime”, but if they saw the back end, it didn’t look like that financially, a lot of stress…
“I had to borrow from other people, to say, ‘Listen, I need to do something, I’ve already put the deposit down and stuff… Then after that, Amazon picked it up. So it wasn’t for Amazon Prime. I didn’t know they were going to pick it up.
"That was like a year later."
The 33-year-old property maintenance manager from west London, who was Simon Cowell's golden buzzer choice, won the £250,000 prize, as well as a spot on the bill at the Royal Variety Performance. Ventriloquist Jamie Leahey and his puppet Chuck the chicken came in second, while singer Tom Ball took third place.
To watch the interview and show in full visit itv.com/hub
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