Northern Irish comedian Paddy Raff said he has had a "career highlight" after I'm A Celebrity hosts Ant and Dec praised his joke.
The famous duo took to their joint social media account to have a rundown of some of their favourite online jokes that had appeared during the first week of the popular reality show.
Included in the handful of "memes" was the award-winning Belfast comedian's joke about campmate Owen Warner.
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Reacting to Paddy's tweet, both Ant and Dec let out a massive cackle as they read it.
See Paddy's original joke below...
In the video, Ant said: "That's a very good picture - how did he get in?"
Dec added: "That is great, well done Paddy Raff.
"And well done to whoever fitted those cabinets, the pressure on those rawlplugs must be unbearable".
Alluding to the fact that the pair believed it was actually him inside the cabinet in the photo posted alongside his joke, Paddy said he was only "slightly tinged" by that.
He tweeted: "Getting a shoutout from @antanddec who I’ve watched from the Byker Grove days, is a career highlight… only slightly tinged by the fact I think they think that it’s me in the cabinet in the meme".
Speaking to Belfast Live, the comedian said he was excited to share the big news with his son after he came home from school.
Paddy said: "I went into my socials this morning and saw I was getting loads of messages from people saying I'd been given a shoutout by Ant & Dec.
Watch Ant and Dec's reaction here...
"People were tagging me in the video too, it was great to see that it gave them a good laugh, even though I'm pretty sure they think I'm actually the bald guy in the cupboard in the meme, which I'm not."
He continued: "It's a bit surreal though having watched them both for over 30 years now. If you'd have came up to seven-year-old me in the park and said that one day PJ & Duncan from Byker Grove would be laughing at a meme I'd tweeted about a politician entering a show where he's forced to eat a camel's penis on primetime TV, my ma would probably have rang the police.
"You'd be feeling pretty vindicated today though.
"But I can't wait to show my son when he gets home from school. We all love watching Saturday Night Takeaway etc so he'll not believe they've given me a shoutout."
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