The Grand Tour star Richard Hammond has revealed he had a rather unwelcome guest while awaiting his interview on This Morning.
The 52-year-old was settled in the daytime show’s green room ahead of his appearance on Tuesday’s episode when he noticed he had a companion.
As he sat on the long-running programme’s famous sofa with hosts Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield, the petrol head joked he had matters to clear up before speaking about The Grand Tour: A Scandi Flick.
Richard said: ‘Before we go on any further, there’s only one topic of conversation for us on This Morning. There’s only one thing to talk about.
‘Thank you for looking after me as I arrived here a bit early in the air and [I was put in] the green room and, for the last half hour, I have been locked in mortal combat.
‘I’ve taken a picture of my foe in this mortal combat because I was watching the telly in the green room; I was watching you two with the [James] Bond stuff when I realised I’m not watching this alone, am I?’
Richard then brandished his phone to show a picture of his new ‘friend’ – aka a giant spider- who he had named Barry.

Phillip quipped: ‘So he had pinned you in the corner of the dressing room?’
Richard responded: ‘Well, we’ve been moving around each other for the last half hour I am. I’ve had longer I reckon I could have trained him up and probably saddled him and ridden him in.’

Apologising profusely, Holly joked that he was ‘big, bad Barry’ owing to his rather generous size.
Richard was on the iconic show to promote his upcoming The Grand Tour special, which he hosts along with James May and Jeremy Clarkson.
In the show, James crashes into the end of the tunnel in Norway while driving at 75mph in a dangerous drag-style race.

After the ordeal, it was reported that the 59-year-old was given the all-clear, but was taken to hospital for a brain scan, as well as a broken rib.
Addressing the accident on This Morning, Richard joked James had taken over his place after being involved in several accidents himself.
The presenter nearly died in a car crash in 2006 while filming an episode of Top Gear at Elvington airfield near York.
He had to be airlifted to hospital and suffered serious head injuries, resulting in him staying in a coma for two weeks.
This Morning airs weekdays from 10am on ITV