OHMYGOSSIP — Joel Dommett will be replaced by a stand-in host at the National Television Awards if his wife Hannah Cooper goes into labour.
The couple are expecting their first child together and the baby’s due date falls uncomfortably close to the NTAs ceremony which Joel is due to host at the O2 Arena in London on September 5 – so show bosses have come up with a plan to make sure the glitzy event isn’t left without a presenter if Joel has to make a dash to hospital.
Joel told The Sun newspaper: “There is a contingency. They won’t tell me who the contingency is but the best thing is everybody is there – every presenter going.
“What I would do is just give a section to everyone – you know, just get Stephen Mulhern to do one, Holly Willoughby to do the next bit, get Bradley Walsh on  … ”
The current plan is for Hannah to attend the show to watch Joel perform his hosting duties, but the presenter is adamant they will be taking her hospital bag with them just in case.
He explained: “My wife is very pregnant … but there is a seat for Hannah at the O2 and we’ll just hope she is still there at the end of the evening. We’ll almost certainly take our hospital bag along, just in case.”
It comes after Joel admitted he’s feeling nervous about hosting the show even though it’s his third time doing it.
returning to host the National Television Awards this year for the third time and he tries to calm his nerves by reminding himself how silly it all is. He told He told The Daily Mail’s Weekend magazine: “I find it helpful to try to think of how ridiculous this job is: wearing a white tuxedo and handing out awards. It’s a privilege. It’s fun. It brings joy. But it’s also ridiculous. So don’t take yourself too seriously. “I try to simplify the situation. It’s easy to think, ‘Oh God, there’s 15,000 people here. There’s Ant and Dec and Ricky Gervais and Michael McIntyre in the front row looking at me.’ “It gets so crowded in your head it’s impossible to do the job, which is literally to just read. You’ve got a script and you’ve read it hundreds of times before.”

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