Danny Miller has cleared up an apparent swipe he made at TV star Stephen Mulhern during the National Television Awards (NTAs). The Emmerdale actor confused viewers with the "unnecessary" comment on stage after I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! won the Bruce Forsyth Entertainment Award last night (October 14).
The ITV soap star, who won I'm A Celeb last year, led his 2021 castmates up to collect the gong after the show's hosts, Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly, both pulled out of the awards ceremony due to contracting Covid. I'm A Celeb beat Saturday Night Takeaway, which Ant and Dec also host, Taskmaster and The Graham Norton Show for the award.
But he raised eyebrows with a remark during the acceptance speech about Stephen, who was sitting in the audience, reports Manchester Evening News. Danny, who is best known for playing Aaron Dingle on Emmerdale, said: "Just on behalf of Ant and Dec who unfortunately have Covid so they can't be here tonight.