Stephen Mulhern has left Deal or No Deal in chaos after making an awkward blunder with a contestant's picture.
Host Stephen was presenting Thursday's edition of the revived ITV series (November 23), when contestant Katie was chosen to play the game. A keen Disney fan, Katie had already endeared herself to her fellow players and viewers alike due to her profession as a nanny.
As Katie approached the central table with her box, Mulhern was quick to welcome her and explain the rules to her. He also asked her whether she had a strategy in her gameplay for the show.
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Katie then revealed that she had brought a bag with each of the numbers of the boxes that she would pull out and thus, would dictate her choices. Her small clutch drew fits of laughter and derision from the in-studio audience.
Trying to maintain composure on the show, Stephen then asked Katie about her own family, to which she admitted that her family "meant everything" to her, being joined by her fiancé James in the audience. She also recalled having watched the old series of the show together with her family.
"Tell me, did you used to watch the show when it was on with Noel [Edmonds]?" Stephen asked. Katie responded, beaming with a smile: "Religiously, yeah. I used to watch it with my nan all the time!"
Stephen then turned around to reveal a picture of Katie with her grandmother as they shared an intimate moment. However, the picture that was instead shown was not of Katie and her grandmother, but of her gran and her pet dog.
"Oh that's not me, I think that's the dog!" Katie exclaimed. The in-studio audience erupted into laughter and applause as fellow players waiting in the wings could not contain themselves.
Having not seen the picture, Stephen turned around and then was left red-faced as he proceeded to walk to the back of the set. When he returned, he came back with a typical jibe: "I'll tell you what, you look great there Katie!"
Katie took the dig on the chin, instead piling on in the fun: "I just had a hair cut so I was looking pretty good!" Fans watching the show were quick to join in the awkward blunder, hitting out at Stephen for his awkward faux pas.
One viewer took to social media to comment: "LOL STEPHEN!". A second fan of the show joked at the situation: "That picture is uncanny!"
Whilst a third fan could not believe what they had heard. They wrote: "'We've got a picture of you with your nan' – awkward!"
Deal or No Deal airs every weekday at 4pm on ITV1 and ITVX
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