He may have disappeared off to America to host The X Factor USA and he might have been remarkably well-behaved when it came to bedding colleagues (i.e. he hasn't tried it on with any of them), but Steve Jones has admitted that he totally plans to get his flirt on with judge Nicole Scherzinger if he ever was to leave the programme.
The presenter finished his first season on the US talent show just a couple of days ago and admits he doesn’t know if he will be invited back next year by Simon Cowell. So he's being pretty darn vocal about his plans to seduce Nicole if he does get the axe from the big X saying, “If I ever leave X Factor, Scherzinger's phone will be smoking hot from me ringing it constantly — if we are not colleagues then she's fair game."
Wow, we're guessing that's because she's a great listener and talking to Nic' would soften the blow of being axed, eh Steve? Not.
According to insiders at The X Factor USA, Steve and Nicole have shared an “amazing chemistry” throughout the series – and of course now that Nicole has split from long-term fella Lewis Hamilton, she’s completely free to date whoever she chooses.
And as Steve says, if he isn’t asked back to host Simon Cowell’s machine next year, he’ll simply take it as an opportunity to do something else – er, or someone else.
"There's been no contract conversations and there won't be until the New Year,” he admitted. “If I'm back, great, if not, I'll do something else. Simple as that."
So Nic' should be expecting a call in January, then Steve? Oo-er.