Dermot O’Leary’s real name revealed as This Morning star shocks co-host Cat Deeley

DERMOT O’Leary shocked This Morning co-star Cat Deeley erstwhile helium revealed his existent sanction connected the ITV show.

The 51-year-old made the revelation during Tuesday's instalment of the meal programme.

An intrigued Cat, 48, was funny to cognize if her co-host has a mediate name.

Dermot said: "My archetypal sanction is Sean, Sean Dermot O'Leary."

Cat - who has known Dermot for implicit 2 decades - replied: "Your archetypal sanction is Sean? How did I not cognize that?!"

She is joined to chap TV presenter Patrick Kielty, who is from Northern Ireland.

Dermot asked Cat if her husband's archetypal sanction is really Patrick, to which she confirmed that it is.

He past told Cat: "Okay, well, normally, if you're calved successful Ireland oregon if you person Irish parents, they sanction you something, and past they telephone you thing wholly different.

"So, I americium Sean Dermot, but I've lone ever been called Dermot.

"But I'm officially Sean Dermot."

Over the years the broadcaster has had immoderate awkward encounters, including 1 astatine the passport office.

Dermot recalled: "Once, I went into the Irish passport office. Pre-Brexit, the Irish passport bureau was rather chilled, truthful they were like, 'Oh yeah, you're here, we've got your passport.

"I looked down, and it said Dermot.

"They went, 'Yeah, you are Dermot?'

"I said yea but I'm besides Sean Dermot, look astatine the aged passport."

"So, present I'm some Dermot and Sean Dermot, which, arsenic you tin imagine, for ineligible reasons, is rather confusing!"

The This Morning favourite was calved successful England to Irish parents, Seán and Marie.

Dermot grew up successful Colchester, Essex, alongside his older sister Nicola.

He was named aft his begetter - Seán Dermot Fintan O'Leary Sr - but with "junior" astatine the end.

The prima joined the This Morning squad to contiguous Fridays and holidays with Alison Hammond backmost successful 2021.

However helium stepped successful this week Ben Shephard as helium filmed a caller crippled show.

Ben has already jetted disconnected to New Zealand wherever filming volition instrumentality place, aft announcing his mysterious interruption from This Morning last week.

An insider said: “Ben was the cleanable prime to big the UK mentation of the fashionable format, fixed his ain interests successful fittingness and athletics arsenic good arsenic hosting Ninja Warior for six series.

“He sat down with his bosses connected This Morning who person known for a portion present and allowed him clip disconnected from the sofa to movie The Summit.

“The programme has been kept apical concealed to debar spoiling the format and what’s successful store for the contestants, who are present each connected their mode to New Zealand.

“Bosses are hoping it volition nutrient bully old-fashioned nail-biting world TV moments with back-stabbing and strategy, coupled with carnal endurance.”

On Monday Dermot shared a drawback of him and Cat connected the sofa, alongside a representation of them from 24 years ago.

He wrote: "First clip presenting @thismorning alongside the fantastic @catdeeley …

"But these paths person crossed before.

"Here’s a 24 twelvemonth throwback to 2000. Dx."