Amanda Holden played matchmaker for Alan Carr while filming in Sicily.
Amanda Holden wanted to find Alan a man
The two friends have teamed up for a new BBC home renovation show 'Amanda and Alan's Italian Job' and the 'Britain's Got Talent' judge tried to help her co-star move on after he split from ex husband Paul Drayton after three years of marriage and 13 years together.
He told The Sun newspaper: "Amanda would keep trying to get me a nice Italian boyfriend. It didn’t really matter what age, or whether they had any teeth, no one was off limits.
"Who doesn’t like a holiday romance? If our eyes locked over a massive bowl of pasta, like 'Lady And The Tramp', who’s to say?
“But I mean, Amanda was always trying to get me someone. We went to this flea market, I’m trying to decorate the bedroom and she brings over this man — ‘Alan, he’s single, he’s single’.
“Single, but he clearly was straight and fancied her. So I was getting Amanda’s seconds.”
Meanwhile, Amanda suggested the project was a "mind makeover" for Alan, and it kept him "busy" after the split.
She explained: "I think it’s good he was busy. It did help.
"Alan is a really breezy, positive, upbeat person. He doesn’t believe in dwelling on anything.
“We’re not going to just spiral on anything — you’re very matter-of-fact and onwards and upwards.
“But I think it was brilliant that he had a busy mind so that he could just think about plastering rather than Paul.”
Meanwhile, comedian Alan was keen to point out the duo worked hard during their trip rather than using it as a paid holiday.
He added: "This is the one thing I want to get across — we did get our hands dirty. I know there’s a lot of cynical people, like, ‘Oh, bloody celebrities’, but I mean, we were there almost all the time, in 36C heat.
“And on heat. And when you’re on heat as well, if you’re horny, it’s particularly really tough.”
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