Channel 5 news anchor Dan Walker spoke in detail about his unexpected career ambitions – albeit in jest.
The TV presenter used X to share a photo of himself with four muscular athletes from BBC row Gladiatorswho is currently filming for the second season of the Saturday Night Live show.
Captioning it to his 797,000 followers, he wrote: “Excited to join the cast of Gladiators. They saw my muscles and immediately signed me. Stage name will be… LANKY.”
To make sure no one thought he was serious, he included a laughing emoji as well as a biceps emoji. However, his fans had other name suggestions, which they shared with him in the comments.
@bb_niabevan laughed: “You look more like a chip stick or a chicken carcass!” @NultyAndy guessed: “A chopstick?” @JimmyCaramac snapped: “Lampshade.
@sheena_walker1 joked: “Haha you better start building muscle.” Meanwhile @Muma24boys assured the news anchor that he would: “Be my favorite gladiator.”
Although Dan was joking, the Gladiators really are We're getting ready to welcome some famous faces for a special celebrity edition.
Louise Minchin, Joel Dommett, Rob Beckett and Ellie Taylor have been officially announced as part of the Celebrity Gladiators extravaganza.
While Dan may not be taking on superhero gladiators anytime soon, he is no stranger to live performance. BBC TV on Saturday evenings, taking part in Dancing with the Stars in 2021.
His partner was Nadezhda Bychkova, and the couple took 5th place, losing in a dance competition to TV presenter AJ Odudu.
While Dan seemed to enjoy the show, he recently said, I am Paper that dancing on Strictly was initially “one of the worst TV experiences of my life” and that it was “an absolute nightmare” at times.
However, it was not an entirely negative experience as he made friends with Olympic swimmer Adam Peaty, who also competed that year.
Following his Olympic success, Dan paid tribute in a post, writing: “Meeting @adam_peaty was one of the best experiences of my life.” Dancing with the Stars.
“He's always been an incredible athlete, but he's also a top guy, and that interview after the silver medal was emotional.” He then recited his epic speech, in which the Olympian admitted: “I'm not crying because I'm second… I'm crying because I know how much it took to get here.”