Stephen Mulhern says he's the 'and' in Ant Dec - and counts Simon Cowell as friend

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Ask anyone in the TV industry what Stephen Mulhern is really like and they’ll tell you that what you see on screen is exactly what you’ll get off-screen.

OK, so he may not wear the flamboyant outfits that Ant and Dec dress him up in on Saturday Night Takeaway, but he’s friendly, funny and, most importantly, open and genuine. “If this all stopped tomorrow, would I be gutted?

Yes, but would I say I can’t do anything else? No. I’d go back to what I did before,” Stephen tells us via Zoom. He’s chatting to us from the back of a car – a rare quiet moment in a packed schedule that includes Catchphrase and In For A Penny. “The shows I do are a dream to do and I know I’m very lucky to be able to do them,” he adds.