Presenter Dermot O’Leary is in full voice when we meet up near his home in North London. Which is just as well, as in a week’s time he will open the National Television Awards (NTAs) with a song.
We tell the star we’ve been tipped off that he really can hold a note or two. “At an Irish christening or a wake I’ve been known to sing The Fields of Athenry,” he tells hello! with a grin.