By far the best thing about Michael McIntyre's Big Show is his Send To All segment, which involves the comedian taking charge of an unfortunate celebrity guest's phone and sending a compromising text message to everyone in their contacts. The replies from the befuddled recipients are always thoroughly hilarious enough to make it worth the embarrassment, and after Alan Carr's participation just recently, we put together a list of our favourite replies so far:
Alan Carr
This beloved British comedian wed his partner of ten years Paul Drayton last year with the one and only Adele (who hosted the celebrations) officiating. With that in mind, Michael McIntyre wrote up a text to reflect that their two pet pooches were expressing a similar sentiment - and who better to receive the text than For the Love of Dogs star Paul O'Grady himself?
Holly Willoughby
She's probably one of the most stylish people on British television; there are always floods of comments on social media about her incredible outfit choices on This Morning, which is what inspired Michael when writing this text. Unfortunately, one of Holly's old school friends was less than impressed by her suggestion that she had poor dress sense!
Bradley Walsh
It's not unusual to dream about work so it was a fairly convincing text that Michael sent to The Chase and Doctor Who star's contacts. On the other hand, it was a rather embarrassing scenario that you would probably never reveal to your dentist - especially if you're well overdue for an appointment.
Cheryl
The replies that Cheryl got from asking her contacts to remove their clothes for the sake of art were largely incredulous but willing (except Piers Morgan, who was literally thrilled). One person who was well up for a bit of life drawing was British record producer Shahid Khan aka Naughty Boy. What an epic response...
Jamie Oliver
The Naked Chef has been leading a revolt against chicken nuggets for years, trying to encourage kids to eat fresh. But can you imagine if Jamie Oliver secretly loved McDonalds? Michael enacted this scenario with a fake "wrong number text" meant for Jamie's wife Jools, followed by a panicked "don't tell anyone" message. And Lock, Stock... star Dexter Fletcher (who Jamie calls Babyface, in reference to his Bugsy Malone role) had a deal to propose.
Ronan Keating
At 41-years-old, this Boyzone heartthrob is wondering if he's still got it - at least according to the text Michael sent to all his contacts. Little did he know that You're Beautiful hitmaker (and Twitter wind-up-merchant) James Blunt would go all Stan on him...
Olly Murs
Michael made the humble Olly Murs appear quite the inaccessible celebrity when he sent a text threatening to delete people if they didn't remind him how he knew them. One of his contacts was Rochelle Humes who would go on to appear on Send To All with hubby Marvin just over a year later.
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