Eamonn Holmes has confessed his episode of βWho Do You Think You Are?β wound up being shelvedβ¦ as it was too boring.
In 2010, Eamonn signed up to take part in the BBC genealogy show, which delves into celebritiesβ family histories to find out more about their ancestors.
However, the daytime presenter has admitted that after producers began their initial research, they quickly discovered there wasnβt going to be enough to keep viewers hooked for a full hour-long episode.
He told The Mirror: βThey interviewed me for two days and got all this documentation from me.
The newspaper claimed that after discovering nothing but farmers no matter how high up Eamonnβs family tree they ascended, the episode was pulled, with the man himself jokingly adding: βWe come from a very boring family.β
Several recent episodes of βWho Do You Think You Are?β (featuring celebrities whose family histories werenβt deemed too βboringβ for television) have thrown out emotional moments for its famous participants, such as Amanda Holden, who learned more about her grandfather, who took his own life.
TV presenter Emma Willis also got an unpleasant shock when she unearthed a grisly family secret about one of her distant relatives.
Meanwhile, Danny Dyer gave us what is undeniably the best βWho Do You Think You Are?β moment ever last year, when he and his wife Joanne Mas excitedly discovered that he was descended from royalty.
The βEastEndersβ star found out he was related to both William the Conqueror and Edward III, as well as having blood ties to Henry VIIIβs advisor Thomas Cromwell.