Cat Deeley reveals hilarious prank she played on Ant and Dec during SM:TV Live audition

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Cat Deeley has opened up on the hilarious way she landed her job hosting SM:TV Live with Ant and Dec.

Cat, Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly fronted the hit ITV kids show from 1998 to 2001, earning millions of fans.

The 43 year old has now discussed how she pranked Dec, 44, to score the role.

BBC Radio 2 Breakfast Show host Zoe Ball revealed she was instructed by Dec to ask about the time she stitched them up.

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Cat began: "So basically what happened was, we've got mutual friends in common, and I knew that one night they'd been out to this Chinese restaurant in Chiswick.

"Dec had behaved a little bit badly and been a little bit rude to this couple sitting next door on the next table… you know, just being a bit cheeky.

"Anyway, they said to me 'Look, you've got to pretend that you're the girlfriend of person that,' I said I can't do that, I can't do that.

"They're like seriously, just go for it. They won't remember, it will be great, and I was like 'No, no, no, I can't do it'."

She continued: "Anyway I met them and had such a lovely time and were laughing so much and we instantly got along and I thought, you know what, I'm going to do it… and I said to him 'Actually Dec, we have met each other before.

"'I don't know if you remember, but you were actually really rude to my boyfriend who we were sitting next to you at that table'.

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"He went bright [red], I've never seen, I mean they don't get embarrassed very easily. He held his head in his hands.

"He was like, 'I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry'. And then I let it go for about 30 seconds and then I was like 'Nah, not really!'

"And then Ant was absolutely cracking up and was like 'She got you, she got you!'… and then I got a phone call going back in the cab and the said, ok, you're coming in for a screen test, they're not seeing anybody else."

Ant and Dec

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Reports about a reboot of SM:TV Live have surfaced since its 20th anniversary in 2018, with Cat revealing she would be up for hosting with the Geordie duo once more.

When asked, she replied: "Are you kidding me, of course I would be up for it, but whether it would be as good as we remember I don't know.

"Do you leave it alone, but I think you'd have to, if we could we'd have to."

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