Darts star Damon Heta left red-faced after awkward on-stage antics to Mervyn King at Players Championship

DARTS prima Damon Heta near fans successful hysterics aft awkward antics astatine the Players Championship Finals.

The Aussie smashed Mervyn King 6-1 astatine Butlin's Minehead yesterday.

But arsenic the players walked onto signifier and got acceptable for their archetypal circular clash, Heta, 37, strangely teased his opponent.

As deed way "I'm Sexy and I Know It" was blasted done the speakers, King, 58, prepared for the clash by putting the flights connected his arrows.

But Heta had different ideas and entertained the crowd by dancing.

He sneaked up down the seasoned and thrusted towards him similar they bash successful the song's euphony video.

There were laughs from fans and adjacent the referee was giggling, with King nary the wiser to what was happening.

A video of the incidental was posted connected societal media and Heta was seemingly reddish faced by it arsenic helium responded with an embarrassed emoji.

Fans recovered it hilarious, with 1 saying: "Gotta emotion it."

Another added: "This is jokes."

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A 3rd laughed: "I’m definite Merv would person loved that."

Heta is No11 successful the satellite rankings and has gone connected a remarkable emergence to the top.

The Heat has played darts since 2007 and came to England to further his vocation successful 2019.

He moved to the different broadside of the satellite with obscurity to unrecorded until a person helped him out.

Heta faces Krzysztof Ratajski successful the 2nd circular of the Players Championship Finals today.