Jonathan Ross could have potentially 'outed'; one of the contestants on The Masked Singer, due to phone calls he received while filming Michael McIntyre's Big Show.
Just as he was joining his fellow panellists Davina McCall, Mo Gilligan and Rita Ora for the latest episode of the ITV guessing game, talk show host Jonathan was a guest on Michael's programme, which has just returned to BBC One.
Jonathan was the latest victim of Michael's brutal prank Send To All, which involves the host making a guest star send the same embarrassing message to everyone in their contacts. The message Jonathan had to send was 'Hi Doc, sorry for the late text, but the rash is back. Jane says it smells like cabbage and I can barely sit down. If you can come round NOW I’ll give you any comic of your choosing. J."
As Michael waited for replies to come in, his attention was drawn to the fact that Shane Richie had rang him five times, fuelling speculation that that Shane was reacting to something on The Masked Singer, as Michael quizzed Jonathan on how close he was to the EastEnders actor.
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Saturday's episode of The Masked Singer was full of 'hidden meanings,' and as Jacket Potato, who many people believe is Shane performed Santana hit Smooth who sang the line 'And it's just like the ocean under the moon'. which some fans took to be a nod to him being Albert Square's own Alfie Moon.
Tuning into the Big Show, one fan tweeted: "NOT SHANE RICHIE ringing Jonathan 5 times." It took just a few lines of Jacket potato singing Elvis' Viva Las Vegas on his Masked Singer debut for people to be sure it was Shane inside the costume.
However, after Saturday's show, a shock new contender to be Jacket Potato has emerged - Bon Jovi legend Richie Sambora.
Fully confident it's him behind the mask, one fan posted: Definitely Richie Sambora. The clues fit from before and this week. The 50% is 'half way there'. The slide is 'slippery when wet'. Past clues, the jar with names giving love a bad name. The biggest clue of them all, it sounds like him!"
Equally sure with their guess, another tweeted: "50% = ‘woaaah we’re halfway there’… He tried turning on the tap to a slip n slide = a reference to the Slippery When Wet album and being a foil = sidekick to Jon. Alllll the clues add up each week if you know it’s Richie Sambora"
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