Scarlett Moffatt has wasted no time in getting comfortable on ‘Ant And Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway’, with the duo admitting she is already calling the shots behind the scenes.
Speaking to The Huffington Post UK and other journalists, Ant and Dec predicted she will end up taking over ITV, despite the fact she is currently behaving “like a competition winner”.
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Ant explained: “We had the first script read today, and bless her, she wants to be involved in every part of it. She doesn’t just rock up and do her bits. She loves to learn and she loves telly.
“She said to me the other day, ‘Eeeeh, I took a picture of me kettle,’ she went, ‘there’s a kettle in me dressing room’. I said, ‘I know there’s a kettle in your dressing room’. She got so excited, but it’s so nice to be surrounded by it.”
Dec continued: “It’s a bit like inviting a competition winner to be part of the team. She will calm down. There’s a few selfies going on. But no, she’s brilliant.
“She has the enthusiasm and she’s watched the show since she was a kid, so she says just to be part of it is exciting, so that makes us excited as well.”
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Recalling one particular meeting she was involved in, Ant recalled: “We had a big discussion with the producers about something saying, ‘shall we keep it or drop it?’, and it went on for ages, and it was her who stopped it and went, ‘as a punter I love watching it’. So it stayed in.”
Dec added: “She’s got final vote, so she’s already making the show. She’ll be the head of ITV soon.”
While the boys remained tight-lipped about what exactly her role will be on the show, they admitted they had gone easy on her when initiating her into the series.
“To be honest, that was three weeks in the Australian jungle,” Dec joked. “We fed her testicles!”
‘Ant And Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway’ starts on Saturday (25 February) at 7pm on ITV.
Ant and Dec Through The Years
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Ant and Dec, aka PJ and Duncan, in 1994. (Photo credit: Getty)
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British pop duo PJ and Duncan instore at HMV in 1994. (Photo credit: PA)
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Ant and Dec, aka PJ and Duncan, in 1994. (Photo credit: PA/Jez C Self/EMPICS Entertainment)
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Ant and Dec larking about with Sesame Street puppets Bert and Ernie in 1996. (Photo credit: PA)
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Pop duo PJ & Duncan in the studio in 1996 (Photo credit: PA)
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PJ and Duncan in concert at the Royal Albert Hall in London in 1996. (Photo credit: PA)
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Ant and Dec celebrate the 10th Anniversary of Byker Grove with fellow stars in 1998. (Photo credit: Rex Features)
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Ant and Dec with Cat Deeley in 1998, co-hosts of SMTV://Live. (Photo credit: PA)
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Anthony McPartlin (left), and Declan Donnelly, Ant & Dec, with their Most Popular entertainment Presenter awards at the National Television Awards at the Royal Albert Hall in London in 2002. (Photo credit: PA)
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Pop Idol presenters Anthony McPartlin (left) and Declan Donnelly (right) celebrate with Will Young from Hungerford, Berkshire, at the Fountain Studios in London, after he was voted Britain's Pop Idol in 2002. (Photo credit: PA)
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Pop Idol judges (from left) Simon Cowell, Pete Waterman, Nicki Chapman and Neil Fox, pose with show hosts Ant and Dec (Anthony McPartlin & Declan Donnelly) during a press conference at Thames TV in London, to launch a new series of Pop Idol in 2003. (Photo credit: PA)
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Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly pose with the awards for Best Comedy Entertainment Personality and Best Comedy Entertainment Programme for Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway in the Awards Room at the 'British Comedy Awards 2004' on December 22, 2004 at London Television Studios in London. (Photo credit: Claire Greenway/Getty Images)
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Ant and Dec as The Ugly Sisters in Madame Tussauds Celebrity Pantomime in 2005. (Photo credit: PA)
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Anthony McPartlin (left) and Declan Donnelly (right) with the Entertainment Performance award received for I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here! at the BAFTA television awards at the London Palladium in 2010. (Photo credit: PA)
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Ant and Dec take part in the 'I'm A Celebrity...Get Me Out Of Here!' Bush Tucker Trial 'Greasy Spoon', in November 2011. (Photo credit: Rex Features)
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Anthony McPartlin (left) and Declan Donnelly arriving for the 2012 NTA Awards at the O2, Greenwich, London. (Photo credit: PA)
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Anthony McPartlin (left) and Declan Donnelly with their awards for Entertainment Presenter, backstage at the National Television Awards 2012 at the Greenwich Arena London. (Photo credit: PA)