Key Points
- Stephen Mulhern recounts a ‘horrific’ expertise throughout a therapeutic massage for his new ITV present, Accidental Tourist
- He tried new issues, together with consuming a prawn for the primary time, which he discovered difficult
- The TV star says the present is without doubt one of the ‘most exposing’ issues he’s ever completed
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Stephen Mulhern has been pressured to contort in methods he by no means has earlier than as he stepped far out of his consolation zone in his new ITV present.
The TV presenter, 48, is a homebody turned globetrotter within the new collection, Accidental Tourist, as he experiences all types of magical – and not-so magical – new experiences in South Korea with the assistance of his buddies, Ant and Dec.
Opening up about a number of the most bonkers moments from his travels on Lorraine this morning, he instructed host Christine Lampard that one therapeutic massage parlour expertise left him really rocked to his core.
‘We go to a conventional Korean therapeutic massage place, and I say to the man that drives us there: “properly, what’s it like?”.
‘Someone’s translating as he’s replying, and he’s wish to me, “all it’s good to do is take all of your garments off” and I’m like “what?”,’ he recalled to a laughing Christine.
As he spoke, the display screen flashed a picture of Stephen carrying nothing however a pair of black boxers, his face contorted in ache as a liquid was poured throughout his physique.
The Catchphrase host concluded: ‘It was essentially the most horrific second of my life. He bent me in positions that I by no means knew I may – I used to be like a contortionist. Bendy Wendy!’
At one other level on his journey, the sheltered media persona recounted a meals first as properly.
‘I [tried] a prawn [for the first time], and I’m nearly bodily sick, it was so meaty. For me, it’s an enormous factor,’ and at one other, he met with a fortune teller who ‘instructed me stuff that she couldn’t have Googled, and it’s critical stuff.’
It’s been a 12 months of change for the longtime British TV persona after ITV confirmed his Dancing On Ice, which he co-hosted with Holly Willoughby, was being axed.
Then, over the summer season, it was revealed he can be stepping again from his common gig as a Butlins Redcoat.
In an announcement to Metro on the time, his representatives mentioned: ‘Stephen has completely cherished being a part of the Butlins household – performing his stage exhibits in entrance of 1000’s of vacation makers throughout the nation, and the connection with Butlins stays massively constructive.
‘This change permits Stephen to discover new alternatives within the household vacation house – one thing he’s extremely enthusiastic about.’
As for Accidental Tourist, Stephen has shared: ‘I feel that is essentially the most exposing factor I’ve ever completed on TV.
‘This isn’t me presenting. This is me being myself. And that’s one thing individuals have by no means seen earlier than.’
Accidental Tourist arrives on ITV1 at 9pm.
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