VERNON Kay has revealed that Chris Evans nearly ballsed-up his TV career by stripping off while the Bolton presenter was rehearsing.

The host of hit shows, including All Star Family Fortunes and Splash!, was in a rehearsal for Evans's Channel 4 Saturday night show Boys and Girls when the DJ literally revealed all to put him off his lines.

Vernon told a Royal Television Society (RTS) event that working with BBC Radio Two breakfast show host Chris on the primetime show was a "big learning curve" and he was given only a few hours to learn his script.

He said: "It's the most nerve-wracking thing to be on live telly... I hit my mark and nothing came out. I stood there thinking I know it begins 'Hello and welcome to Boys and Girls'.

"So I said that and literally this whole script vommed from my mouth and I couldn't stop talking.

"And then this ginger penis bobbled underneath the camera. It was Chris - he'd taken all his clothes off.

"He said 'You didn't bat an eyelid when I jumped across naked - that proves you know the show'.”