Stephen Mulhern experienced 'emotional' Accidental Tourist shoot after dad died
Deal or No Deal presenter Stephen Mulhern showed "a lot of emotion" and cried plenty of tears while filming The Accidental Tourist shortly after his dad Christopher died last November, and he is "gutted" his father never got to see the one-off special.
Stephen Mulhern showed "a lot of emotion" in The Accidental Tourist, after filming the show shortly after his dad died.
The Deal or No Deal presenter's new one-off travel special sees I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! co-hosts Ant and Dec send him to South Korea to face his fears, and cameras captured him breaking down in tears at times following his father Christopher's passing weeks earlier.
Stephen told The Sun newspaper: "It was all about getting me out of my comfort zone, not all about the food, but some of the stuff they eat, it was incredible.
"I think I lost about half a stone.
"My dad had just passed away and they film absolutely everything.
"There was a lot of emotion and tears and, although it was nice to do something different."
Stephen was pushed out of his comfort zone for the programme, describing it as "the world’s worst bucket list", but he is "gutted" his dad didn't get to watch the show.
He added: "It really was like the world’s worst bucket list.
"I’m just gutted Dad never got to see it."
Stephen - who used to perform public magic shows aged 11 - is grateful to his dad for teaching him magic tricks during his younger years, admitting it set him "on the road" to fame.
He explained: "Magic was my dad’s hobby - and he was great at it.
"Rather than a bedtime story, he would do a magic trick. He’d make a handkerchief vanish and appear under the pillow.
"I adored it, and him, and it set me on the road to where I am today.
"When he started teaching me, I could bring it to school and kids that wouldn’t normally hang about with me would be like, ‘Got a new trick?’."
