Take Me Out was one of the biggest shows of the 2010s and remained a Saturday night staple on ITV for nearly a decade
Paddy McGuinness hosted the ITV hit dating show, in his first big stint as a presenter on prime time telly.(Image: ITV / Thames / Fremantle)
A Take Me Out contestant has spilled some behind-the-scenes secrets as he revealed what presenter Paddy McGuinness was really like when the cameras weren’t rolling.
The relationship present was one of many greatest exhibits of the 2010s and remained a Saturday evening staple on ITV for almost a decade. Viewers watched numerous males attempting to win the affections of 30 single women and if profitable, the male contestant would select one of many singletons to go on a date with, and the pair would get whisked off to the Canary Islands.
Now, 15 years after attempting his luck with the women, former contestant John Harris has opened up on his time on the present. Helping John discover his match was host Paddy McGuinness, who performed matchmaker in his first massive stint as a presenter on prime time telly.
Paddy shortly turned successful amongst viewers and John has since labelled the TV presenter a “breath of fresh air” and a “really nice man”. John additionally praised Paddy for making him and the opposite contestants really feel comfortable all through the method.
“He was great. He’s a make your life easier kind of person. He came and said hello to you before. He was a breath of fresh air,” John informed Zingo Bingo.
“I was only young, and whilst in my head there were delusions of grandeur, I think I thought I was this charismatic young man. I was probably a nervous wreck. I remember Paddy being really nice.”
John went on the relationship present as a pupil in 2011 and admitted that he solely appeared on the present as a result of it “looked silly and fun” and to not discover love.
It was maybe an excellent factor that he wasn’t on the lookout for something severe, as he claimed that quite a few the ladies had been already in relationships.
He mentioned: “It transpired that loads of the girls were already in relationships. They were looking for a bit of publicity. They cast different characters in each episode. They would cast a gentleman, an interesting one, a quirky one, and then another good-looking fellow.”
After being fortunate sufficient to bag a date with single woman Kerry, John was then flown to the Isle of Fernando’s the very subsequent day.
The potential lovebirds, nevertheless, weren’t alone and John defined that the whole sequence is filmed directly so all matched {couples} went out on the identical time. But their flights had been paid for by ITV and they got “a little bit of expenses for food and stuff”.
However things didn’t work out between Kerry and John as he only wasn’t to have fun on the date and said that he thought Kerry “wanted perhaps something a little more”.
He added: “She was a lovely girl – nothing against it. But I was not the right man for her.”
While Take Me Out is now not accessible to stream, episodes and clips of the well-known relationship present could be discovered on YouTube.
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