Cliff Notes – Ant and Dec issue stern warning to Newcastle legend at wild Carabao Cup parade
- Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly hosted a jubilant parade for Newcastle United, celebrating their first domestic cup win in 70 years, attracting around 150,000 fans.
- During the event, Bruno Guimarães repeatedly ignored requests from Ant and Dec to refrain from swearing while leading chants on stage, resulting in humorous exchanges that entertained viewers.
- The presenters reflected on their shared love for Newcastle United, expressing the emotional significance of the victory and the parade for long-suffering fans.
Ant and Dec issue stern warning to Newcastle legend at wild Carabao Cup parade
Ant and Dec struggled to contain the celebrations on stage today (Picture: Sky Sports)
Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly might have bitten off more than they could chew at today’s jubilant Newcastle United parade to celebrate their historic Carabao Cup win.
The Mags lifted a domestic cup for the first time in 70 years a fortnight ago, sending the Geordies into orbit all over Covent Garden and at home around Newcastle upon Type.
Today the Britain’s Got Talent presenters joined the Newcastle United football team on an open top bus as they paraded the city to celebrate the win against Liverpool.
The pair, who were reduced to tears over the win at Wembley, were drafted in for hosting duties at the Town Moor park, where the bus parade ended and a stage was erected for 150,000 ticketed fans.
They invited Eddie Howe and his winning team on stage, as huge crowds gathered to take part in the celebration, which was bigger than anyone – including the team – expected.
Let’s just say the Geordie TV duo had quite a job containing the excitement of the North East club, and in particular its Brazilian captain Bruno Guimarães.
The TV presenters got to hold the Carabao Cup on the parade bus with the players (Picture: Serena Taylor/Newcastle United via Getty Images)
Bruno Guimarães ignored their request not to swear on stage multiple times (Picture: Action Images via Reuters)
After giving a heartfelt interview on the bus, Bruno spontaneously took to the microphone from Ant and Dec while on stage at the Town Moor celebration to lead some of the club’s favourite chants for the crowd.
After Bruno completed the first, in an attempt to keep things BBC and ITV friendly – as both were live-streaming the event – Ant requested: ‘Can we pick one that’s friendly, no swear words.’
As the midfielder took the microphone again, Ant warned Bruno for the second time: ‘Bruno you can have the microphone as long as you cut the swearing.’
But Bruno, wearing his black and white strip, began belting out another expletives-laden chant about his Italian teammate Sandro Tonali (‘He drinks Moretti and he eats Spaghetti and he hates f***ing Sunderland!’)
In another moment, Dec asked Bruno what he said to the team before they took on Liverpool at the cup final.
Bruno replied: ‘We go to the pitch as a player, and we leave there as a f***ing legend.’
Viewers thought the moment was pretty hysterical, as many took to social media to joke about the exchange.
@davidpick1987 said, ‘Ant n Dec: “Bruno, you are live on ITV, YouTube, NUFC, CBS, Peacock, Al Jazeera, Bein Sports and IPTV Globally, please do not swear”,’ before posting a Gif of Phoebe from friends swearing loudly.
@DoktorWatson said: ‘OMG. Bruno on live TV just now doing the Tonali song with Ant & Dec not saying Please Don’t Swear.’
Ant and Dec bonded over the club as youngsters (Picture: Gary M Prior/Allsport/Getty Images/Hulton Archive)
Earlier in the day the pair could be seen following the squad onto a bus as Ant shouted ‘let’s get ready to rumble’ in reference to the pair’s hit single as PJ and Duncan, in a clip posted to Instagram.
Meanwhile, Dec said: ‘Well, we’re about to start the parade. I don’t know how we’ve sneaked on here, how have we done this? We just followed the team on and we’re on the parade.’
A post to the social media platform also showed a picture of the pair lifting the trophy formerly known as the League Cup, which was passed around players on the stage.
The victory lap of Newcastle saw the team follow a route from St James’ Park, through the city centre and ending at the stage.
Fans lined the streets to cheer on Eddie Howe’s side, who beat Liverpool 2-1 in the final at Wembley Stadium.
After the bus reached its destination, the players gathered on stage for a celebration in front of the roaring crowd.
The pair are best known for presenting ITV talent show Britain’s Got Talent, and the channel’s reality tv series I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!, after beginning their careers as child actors on CBBC drama Byker Grove.
Speaking on Sky News, Ant said: ‘We’ve just left St James’ Park, and already the roads are lined with thousands and thousands of people, this is amazing.
Dec said: ‘A lot of people have waited a very long time to see the Newcastle players taking a trophy through the streets of Tyneside.
‘It has been a long wait, but I tell you what, it has absolutely been worth it.’
Ant then asked him: ‘Big question is though, are you going to cry like we did at Wembley on the day they won?’
To which Dec replied: ‘Probably.’
Ant then asked if the bus could ‘stop at Greggs on the way’ because he was ‘starving’.
Talking to the crowd on stage, Ant and Dec reflected on how they ‘bonded’ over their ‘love of Newcastle United’.
Ant ended the evening by reflecting on the day: ‘It bought a tear to my eye. It was wonderful.’
