The One Show’s Jermaine Jenas pulled Steps singer Claire Richard’s leg on air when he pranked her.
On Monday’s show (July 3), Claire was chatting to Jermaine and co-host Alex Jones about her new album.
On her new album, Claire has covered one of American singer Karen Carpenter’s songs – who she is a superfan of.
The hosts played an exclusive listen to her new cover which left Claire already on the edge of her seat over the first play.
Then the presenters took it one step further when they joked about playing another clip from her past.
During the conversation, Alex brought up the fact Claire was a superfan of Karen’s, and Claire confessed to a few surprising things.
Alex said to the star: “It’s fair to say you’re not just a fan of Karen Carpenter now then…
“She’s taking it so a whole new level, a superfan plus some.”
Claire interjected: “She was my specialist subject on Mastermind.”
Gasping at the confession, Alex asked: “How many did you get right?”
“All of them,” Claire grinned.
Claire then also admitted that she was dressed up as her idol for Stars In Your Eyes, where she did her best to replicate her.
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“And I was Karen Carpenter on Stars In Your Eyes,” she said.
This was when Jermaine took his chance to pull Claire’s leg by joking that he had some footage of her dolled up as Karen from back in the day.
Jermaine joked: “You know what we’ve got…”
At that moment, Claire’s face dropped as she panicked about what the host were about to show next.
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But he soon soothed her nerves and told her: “I’m joking.”
Although Claire usually sings with her bandmates, she appears to be giving it a go solo with her brand-new album titled Europhia which is out on August 25th.
Source: Celebrities - dailystar.co.uk
