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Britain's Got Talent's Ant McPartlin suffers head injury on set

TV star Ant McPartlin suffered a bloody injury on the set of Britain's Got Talent. The host and one half of the Geordie duo was filming the show when he injured himself with a coconut.

Dozens of coconuts were set up on the stage as a hopeful attempted to beat the world record for breaking the fruit with his hands. Ant injured himself as he tested out the method of different parts of his body, BirminghamMail reports.

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The TV star was left with a bandage on his forehead after he headbutted the solid fruit on the show. He wasn't hurt though as he continued laughing with his co-star Declan Donnelly.

McPartlin was left with a small wound following the incident. He actually hadn't noticed he was bleeding until Dec pointed it out.

Firstly, he punched the fruit before warning viewers: "Do not punch coconuts kids, it really hurts. I think I nearly broke my knuckle."

He then hit a coconut on his forehead and seconds later, Dec told him: "You've cut your head on a coconut." Ant joked as he pointed at the camera: "How irresponsible are you?"

Ant joked about his bandage as he said: "This is very extreme for a little tap on the forehead." A medic told the star he would need to change his dressing every day for three weeks."

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