The BAFTA Television Awards return to our screens on Sunday, with the biggest stars heading to London's South Bank to celebrate top telly of the past year.
However, there's one star who host Romesh Ranganathan will be avoiding after an awkward encounter years before - and that's Idris Elba.
The comedian - who is back to host the TV BAFTAs with Rob Beckett - has revealed that he's learnt never to meet his heroes after an "embarrassing" run-in with the Luther star at his first ceremony.
Speaking to OK! in an exclusive interview, Romesh, 46, said that he does get "starstruck" by celebs - but prefers not to meet them. "I'd rather they never had any interaction with me than have the sort of interactions that I do have with those sorts of people," he said. “The first time I went to the BAFTAs, I went with my mum and wife and they both wanted to meet Idris Elba," says Romesh, who is married to teacher Leesa Ranganathan, 45. “It didn’t happen because I’d spoken to Idris and it had gone quite badly.
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