I'm A Celebrity's Ant and Dec on 'meeting' Dean McCullough on Britain's Got Talent

Ant and Dec person spoken retired astir whether they knew Dean McCullough aft it was revealed that helium starred connected Britain’s Got Talent - and adjacent got to the semi-final

Presenters Ant and Dec person addressed their nexus to Dean McCullough aft it emerged they person worked unneurotic before.

Fans discovered that the BBC Radio 1 presenter erstwhile starred connected Britain’s Got Talent, which is hosted by Ant and Dec. In fact, the Geordie duo were broadside of signifier arsenic Dean wowed arsenic portion of his creation troupe The Glambassadors successful 2013.

Dean was aged conscionable 20 during his clip connected the series, successful which they got to the unrecorded semi-final. Fans person antecedently expressed astonishment that the duo had failed to admit antecedently knowing him.

But they cleared it each up during an Instagram Live Q&A with fans. One spectator asked: “Do you retrieve gathering Dean connected Britain’s Got Talent years ago,” to which Ant says: “Good question but the reply to that is no.”

Speaking astir his BGT appearance, Dean who had studied astatine play school, said astatine the time: “We formed due to the fact that we each cognize each different done moving successful dance.

“But a week earlier the auditions we mislaid 2 guys who got jobs successful LA. So we recovered 2 different friends and we had 1 rehearsal earlier we got to the stage.

“I choreographed the creation truthful I was nether unit to get it sorted.“We were winging it but I deliberation due to the fact that of the unit we were nether it each came unneurotic and present I person made friends for life. We person each been connected this travel together, nary of america person ever done thing similar this before.”

They mislaid retired to eventual winners Attraction. Dean has had a love-hate narration with Ant and Dec since the amusement began. They person been peculiarly enraged by his evident deficiency of effort successful trials astatine the beginning. Ant successful peculiar has been precise outspoken astir him.

He adjacent said this week: “I’m ne'er going to travel him connected Instagram. Never. That’s not going to happen. Never going to happen." His latest outburst against Dean came 24 hours aft helium begged viewers to halt voting for him to instrumentality portion successful the trials.

He told viewers: "Well, right. Let’s each person a superior talk. I’m going to look straight into the camera here. I deliberation it’s bully to spot different faces down there."