‘Lonely’ David Walliams reveals he once tried to get a date with Kylie Minogue as the pair appear on Jonathan Ross’s Christmas special
Stars join Paul Hollywood, Miranda Hart and Keira Knightley as guests on this year's show
DAVID Walliams, Kylie Minogue, Paul Hollywood, Miranda Hart and Keira Knightly appear on this year's Jonathan Ross Christmas Special, where David reveals he's fancied Kylie for years and had tried to ask her out — to no avail.
Children's author and telly star David, 45, jokes he'll be "lonely" this Christmas and confesses of Australian pop star Kylie: “I’ve loved her from afar for many years and I will always love her.
"I have tried a little bit but it didn’t work at all, she weren’t having it. You can’t blame her though can you!"
He added that he'd never asked her on a date directly, but he'd tried to set something up through other people, only Kylie wasn't interested.
Kylie explained: “We have lots of mutual friends so dinners with people in abundance.”
Elsewhere in the show, Great British Bake Off judge Paul, 50, tells why he decided to stay with the show after it moves from the BBC to Channel 4.
In his first sit-down TV interview since news broke, he explains: "Obviously it came down to, my job was still there and I didn’t want to lose my job. I love doing what I do.
"At the end of the day, I’m a baker by trade, that’s all I am and I want to carry on doing my job and I didn’t think that was a bad thing to do.”
He adds of fellow judge Mary Berry and hosts Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins, who have all left the show: "[Mary] will always be my TV mother as well as Mel and Sue will be my sisters. We are like a dysfunctional family.”
Paul continued: "Ultimately when I told Mary I was going to stay with the show, she said ‘Listen, if I was your age, I would do exactly the same thing'."
Paul also talks about how he once dressed up as Santa Claus for his son Josh, but the clever youngster grew suspicious when he noticed Santa's "Scouse" accent.
Meanwhile Keira opens up about family life with her one-year-old daughter, Edie, Kylie explains why she and her fiancé Joshua Sasse won't wed until gay marriage is legal Down Under, and Miranda introduces her dog, Peggy, and reveals whether she'd be interested in presenting GBBO.
And of course, all the guests take part in the traditional game of Pie Face.
The Jonathan Ross Christmas Special airs Saturday, December 10, on ITV.