Michael McIntyre 'met with knife from reality TV star who feared prank was burglars'

Michael McIntyre's Big Show returned for its caller bid earlier this month, with world TV stars Sam Thompson and Zara McDermott taking portion successful the Midnight Gameshow for it

Comedian Michael McIntyre was reportedly confronted with a weapon by a 'terrified' TV world prima during a prank.

The presenter, 48, returned to big a caller bid of Michael McIntyre's Big Show earlier this month. The archetypal occurrence saw Sam Thompson, 32, and Zara McDermott, 28, instrumentality portion successful the Midnight Gameshow segment. The recurring conception sees Michael situation celebrities to a bid of games aft bursting into their bedrooms successful the mediate of the night.

He revealed successful the motorboat occurrence of the caller bid that I'm A Celebrity victor Sam and erstwhile Strictly Come Dancing prima Zara were the archetypal brace to beryllium amazed together. He said: "I was fixed the keys by a comparative truthful it truly was a risk. And arsenic you volition see, it's a hazard that didn't wholly spell to plan."

Michael added that they had a fastener connected their chamber doorway and scenes broadcast connected the BBC amusement saw him extremity up having to sound connected the door. Sam aboriginal sharing astir the experience: "I thought we were being burgled."

It's present been reported that Sam "came retired with a knife" earlier realising what was going on. A root reiterated to the Sun that a comparative was "in connected the joke" and assisted with the accumulation crew's introduction to the location successful London.

The root said that erstwhile the unit arrived they recovered the chamber "locked". The root added: "Sam past came retired with a knife. It was shocking. He and Zara had heard a commotion and mistook it for burglars." The outlet adds that sources said Sam took clasp of a 'small knife' from an earlier repast and did not usually support specified an point successful his bedroom.

Reflecting whilst speaking to Sam and Zara connected the Michael McIntyre's Big Show itself, the big said that helium had "felt truthful bad" for scaring them. Sam nevertheless said that being progressive with the Midnight Gameshow was the "best acquisition ever" and Zara teased she had an "amazing" time.

Michael had antecedently teased that determination had been a "weapon" involved with Sam's absorption to being disturbed successful the mediate of the night. He discussed the acquisition whilst a impermanent connected the One Show anterior to the occurrence airing.

He said: "Normally the spouse knows and gives maine the keys truthful 1 of them is successful connected it." Michael said that wasn't the lawsuit successful this lawsuit though and shared his astonishment implicit the then-couple having a fastener connected their chamber door.

Michael added: "So I get each the mode to the doorway and it's locked [from the inside]. I can't get in. And past I tin perceive them freaking retired due to the fact that they commencement to get a consciousness there's radical extracurricular the bedroom. And they are wholly freaking out. And they yet unfastened the door."

He continued: "Actually, it's not successful the show, and I astir apt shouldn't beryllium saying it but, y'know, helium had a weapon. Yes, determination was [a weapon] - I could person died that nighttime connected the Midnight Gameshow astatine the hands of Sam Thompson. But no, it was terrifying for them and past I played immoderate of the games with them to marque it up to them."

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