Stephen Mulhern broke his silence as he faced an awkward grilling about his rumoured romance with Josie Gibson on This Morning on Tuesday.
After the TV star, 47, was caught holding hands with the former Big Brother star, 39, backstage at Saturday Night Takeaway last month rumours started to spiral that they were a secret item.
But with neither of them confirming or denying the rumours, This Morning hosts Cat Deeley and Ben Shephard couldn’t resist stirring the pot during his latest interview.
While promoting his book, Max Magic, Stephen was seen making use of the ASMR area set up and Ben took the opportunity to take a cheeky swipe at him saying he was acting at home because he was ‘with one of our own’.
Sitting up straight from a massage table, Stephen laughed off the comment and told Ben to ‘shut his face’ before they went to an AD break.
Stephen Mulhern faced an awkward grilling about his rumoured romance with Josie Gibson during an appearance on This Morning on Tuesday
After the TV star, 47, was caught holding hands with the former Big Brother star , 39, backstage at Saturday Night Takeaway last month rumours started to spiral that they were a secret item
The show continued smoothly but at the end of Steven’s interview, Cat and Ben bought up the rumours once again forcing the Deal Or No Deal host to address them.
He said: ‘Listen, she didn’t turn up to rehearsals, I held her hand and I showed her where to stand. That is it. Finito!.’
‘Uh-huh, really. Your lips are sealed?’ poked Cat, while Ben said, ‘Me thinks he protest too much.’
The ITV presenters couldn’t hold back their laughter as a red-faced Steven asked: ‘Why are you doing this to me?! Unbelievable!’
After being pictured walking hand-in-hand, Josie joked to MailOnline: ‘I’m in love with Stephen Mulhern. There you go. But story of my life, I don’t think he loves me.’
It comes after Josie revealed she has to be in love with someone to kiss them and says she tends to only fall in love once every seven or eight years.
Josie has previously denied there is anything romantic going on with Stephen as she admitted she isn’t looking for love, or even anything casual right now.
But with neither of them confirming or denying the rumours, This Morning hosts Cat Deeley and Ben Shephard couldn’t resist stirring the pot during his latest interview
He said: ‘Listen, she didn’t turn up to rehearsals, I held her hand and I showed her where to stand. That is it. Finito!. Uh-huh, really. Your lips are sealed?’ poked Cat, while Ben said, ‘Me thinks he protest too much’
The ITV presenters couldn’t hold back their laughter as a red-faced Steven asked: ‘Why are you doing this to me?! Unbelievable!’
‘To be with somebody or to even kiss somebody, I’ve really got to love them,’ she explained to OK! Magazine.
‘I’ve really got to be into them. I can’t give my energy over when I’m not completely into it.’
She added that she has only experienced love in in the past a handful of times, insisting: ‘You know when you get that magic connection? For me it only comes around like once every seven or eight years.’
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