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Stephen Mulhern talks a couple of ‘horrifying’ expertise throughout a therapeutic massage for his new ITV present, Unintentional Vacationer. He tried new issues, together with consuming a shrimp for the primary time, which he discovered difficult. The TV star says the present is without doubt one of the “most revealing” issues he has ever accomplished
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Stephen Mulhern was pressured to squirm in methods he is by no means accomplished earlier than as he stepped far out of his consolation zone in his new ITV present.
The TV presenter, 48, is a housemate turned globetrotter in new collection Unintentional Vacationer, as he experiences every kind of magical – and never so magical – new experiences in South Korea with the assistance of his pals Ant and Dec.
Recounting a number of the craziest moments from his travels round Lorraine this morning, he advised host Christine Lampard that one therapeutic massage parlor expertise actually rocked him to his core.
‘We go to a conventional Korean therapeutic massage parlor and I say to the person who takes us there, “Properly, how are you?”.
“Somebody is translating as he solutions, and he says to me, ‘all it’s important to do is take off all of your garments,’ and I believe, ‘what?’” he recalled to a laughing Christine.
As he spoke, a picture flashed on the display of Stephen sporting nothing however a pair of black boxer shorts, his face contorted in ache as a liquid was poured throughout his physique.
The Catchphrase presenter concluded: ‘It was probably the most horrific second of my life. He bent me into positions I by no means knew I might do – I used to be like a contortionist. Bow Wendy!’
At one other level in his journey, the sheltered media persona additionally opened up about meals.
‘I [tried] a shrimp [for the first time]and i am just about bodily in poor health, it was so meaty. To me it is an enormous factor,” and in one other place he met a fortune teller who “advised me issues she could not have Googled, and so they’re critical issues.”
It has been a yr of change for the longtime British TV persona after ITV confirmed that his Dancing On Ice, which he co-presented with Holly Willoughby, was being axed.
Then, over the summer season, it was revealed he could be stepping again from his common gig as Butlins Redcoat.
In a press release to Metro on the time, his representatives mentioned: ‘Stephen has completely liked being a part of the Butlins household – performing his reveals to 1000’s of holidaymakers throughout the nation, and the connection with Butlins stays massively constructive.
‘This alteration will permit Stephen to discover new prospects in household holidays – one thing he’s extremely captivated with.’
As for Unintentional Vacationer, Stephen says: “I believe it is probably the most revealing factor I’ve ever accomplished on TV.
‘This isn’t me presenting. That is me, I’m myself. And that is one thing individuals have by no means seen earlier than.”
Unintentional Vacationer arrives on ITV1 at 9pm.
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