DERMOT O'LEARY - No.268

DERMOT IS ALL HUGS

WestsideMoira: @radioleary gonna start callin you salty shoulders wit all dem tear you dun soak up an ting. #moirabringtissues

radioleary: RT @WestsideMoira: @radioleary gonna start callin you salty shoulders wit all dem tear you dun soak up an ting. #moirabringtissues

nicolacoppin: How come @radioleary never cries on the x factor? I'm in bits just watching it!

radioleary: @nicolacoppin Heart of stone.

RochelleTheSats: @radioleary is sooo good at his job #XFactor Everyone wants a Dermot hug!!

radioleary: @RochelleTheSats Thanks my dear. Marv has had he's fair share. I hope I've passed on the way of the hug. X

RochelleTheSats: “@radioleary: @RochelleTheSats Thanks my dear. Marv has had he's fair share. I hope I've passed on the way of the hug. X” you have indeed xx

MarvinHumes: @RochelleTheSats @radioleary no hugs will ever compare to Dermots..I'm looking forward to another one soon

radioleary: @MarvinHumes @RochelleTheSats Coming your way big fella. X

Audge2000: @radioleary it's my birthday today, so can I, PRETTY PLEASE, have an infamous 'Dermo Hug' via tweet?

radioleary: @Audge2000 @DaveFitz58 Consider it done. X

MOVE TO LONDON

NicoleScherzy: #latergram My last night in LA before my move to London! With my boy @TrickyStewart and his beautiful…

radioleary: @NicoleScherzy One more day then you're ours Sherzy. X #londonhasyounow

DERMY HUGS

Han_TWEETchett: I wonder if when Simon Cowell offered @radioleary the X Factor job, he made him have a hug audition. Not the time for a weak cuddle.

radioleary: @Han_TWEETchett Oh I had to bring my A game!

Han_TWEETchett: @radioleary I'll bet. Cowell must be a hard nut to crack.

MrShaneReaction: The real winner of #xfactor this year is Dermot O'Leary. Four holidays and a nice big pay packet (not to mention bulge)

MerciMiOfficial: What do we think of this year's #xfactor final 12? Personally I will be voting every week for @radioleary 's bulge.

jmurphy881: Talk about @radioleary trousers what about @ollyofficial trousers lol #tight x

Dermot O'Leary's bulge: I'd like to think I'm the bulgiest in the UK

We meet the real star of The X Factor: Dermot O'Leary's, ahem, package:

Hi, Dermot O'Leary's bulge. How are you finding this sudden attention?

Well, I've actually been more than prominent on the show for the past six series. Honestly, I'm not sure how people have failed to spot me 'til now.

We'll take a look at some old tapes. We thought you were just taking inspiration from Olly Murs...

Olly took inspiration from me! I was here first. If you really want to know, I think his bulge had a rummage through my section of the wardrobe department.

Really?

Yes. There's only room for one pair of tight pants round here. And as the lovely Olly's no longer presenting The Xtra Factor, it's my time to shine. I'll let you decide who has the best bulge out of the two of us, but it's clearly me.

That's us told! So who are your bulge-spirations?

Jon Hamm's bulge is great - it has its own Tumblr accounts. Does anyone want to make an account for me? Oh, and Mark Wahlberg's is great, too. They're both Hollywood bulges, though - I'd like to think I'm the bulgiest bulge in the UK.

OK, no need to get cocky...

Read more about The X Factor in this week's Now magazine dated 7 October 2013

ITALIAN CHAT

radioleary: 'Hey, I'm asleep on a roof of a old Fiat 500, with a 1972 filter... Stop busting my balls!' #italiancatchat

TEAM DERMOT UPDATES

radioleary: BBCHQ: If you missed @damonalbarn on @bbcradio2 chatting to Ken Dodd yesterday it is clipped here. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01j6prq

radioleary: BBCHQ: & if you didn't catch @damonalbarn on @bbcradio2 chatting to @idriselba about starring as Mandela its here http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01j6qq0 …

radioleary: BBCHQ: Emily Barker is an angel. The Red Clay Halo are devils. This will be a ruddy good night @emilybarkerhalo