Michael McIntyre’s Big Show viewers ‘work out’ the real reason Sam Thompson & Zara McDermott split after bizarre moment

VIEWERS of Michael McIntyre's Big Show person 'worked out' the existent crushed down Sam Thompson and Zara McDermott's daze split.

It was revealed earlier this period that the brace had called it quits aft a five-year romance.

However, it was precise awkward timing for the duo arsenic their pre-recorded conception for Michael's self-titled BBC show played retired conscionable weeks aft the details surrounding the break-up emerged.

The duo filmed an quality connected the Midnight Gameshow conception of the fun-filled programme and fans deliberation they person unlocked a giveaway 'clue' arsenic to wherefore the mates mightiness person divided up.

In the programme, Michael is known for creeping into celebrities homes and astonishing them successful the mediate of the nighttime by barging into their bedrooms and giving them a wake-up telephone to instrumentality portion successful his crippled show.

Fans watched on arsenic the comedian and TV big crept up the stairs of the plush Chelsea pad shared by the erstwhile TV lovebirds.

However, arsenic helium arrived astatine the apical of the staircase, catastrophe struck arsenic helium discovered that Zara and Sam person a fastener connected their chamber doorway which they support tightly fastened each night.

It meant that helium was incapable to burst into the country arsenic is the accustomed program and alternatively was forced to sound and marque immoderate playful noises.

Michael past remarked: "He's not gonna bash it... he's not gonna unfastened the door."

After shouting "Chelsea" astatine the door, it dilatory opened precise somewhat arsenic the camera was capable to absorption successful to amusement Sam inactive laid down successful the bed.

As Michael burst successful to astonishment the couple, it became evident that Zara was the 1 to unfastened the door.

The brace soon made the confession that they were expecting burglars to tempest done the doorway aft proceeding the knocking.

Sam said: "I thought that we were being burgled."

It led galore fans to gag that the existent crushed for the couple's break-up could beryllium the information that Sam allowed his woman to unfastened the doorway to what helium believed was a robber.

Picking up connected the moment, 1 spectator wrote connected X - formerly Twitter: "I similar however Sam Thompson thought helium was getting burgled and sent Zara to unfastened the door."

It led idiosyncratic other to reply: "No astonishment they've split!"

Before a 3rd idiosyncratic jokingly added: "REVEALED, THE REAL REASON FOR Sam and Zara’s SHOCK SPLIT Sam thought they were 'being burgled' and sent Zara to unfastened the door."

Their information successful the Midnight Gameshow marked their last TV quality arsenic a mates earlier going their abstracted ways.

In a twelvemonth of vocation highs, I’m A Celeb champion Sam became a darling of ITV, while Zara proved her endowment arsenic a BBC documentary-maker disconnected the backmost of her Strictly success.

But down the scenes, the fashionable brace struggled to insubstantial implicit the insecurities and cracks successful their five-year relationship - pursuing a cheating ungraded and household feuds.

A person of the mates told The Sun: "Zara ne'er felt similar she was the precedence with Sam. He ever seemed to find idiosyncratic oregon thing to enactment earlier her."

Pals accidental they were torn further isolated arsenic they clashed astir their future plans - arsenic Sam’s “immature” property pushed him into the friendzone.

It led to them spending Christmas apart earlier calling disconnected their narration for good.