Big Brother’s Hughie Maughan reveals the truth behind his epic Dancing With The Stars fake tan mishap
The reality star's glam squad had used Jamelia's foundation to fix his patchy tan
BIG Brother's Hughie Maughan has revealed his fake tan mishap happened after his glam squad applied Jamelia's foundation to his face to fix his patchy complexion.
The reality star went viral earlier this week after suffering an epic tanning fail on the latest instalment of Ireland's Dancing With The Stars.
Talking about the incident, Hughie said: "What happened was I got to the studios and I started sweating because we’d been rehearsing all day in these massive heavy clothes underneath all the lights.
"I had to constantly wipe my face and I ended up looking like a Dalmation.
“It was all patchy so we had to get this foundation you’d normally use for African skin - it was actually the same foundation the makeup artist used for Jamelia on the Voice [Of Ireland]."
Hughie : "It was obviously for a black person and I’m white.
“When we put it on we realised how dark it was and then it was two minutes to air and there was nothing we could do."
Viewers and his fans online were shocked by his tangoed look with his fiance Ryan Ruckledge joining in saying "he shouldn't take tanning tips from me".
Fans took to Twitter in their droves to create hilarious memes with many comparing him to Ross's epic tan fail on Friends and others joking that his face was on ad for woodstain.
One wrote: "When asked for comment on his odd complexion, Hughie replied: 'I am Groot'." #DancingWiththeStars."
Another said: "#DancingWiththeStars #Hughie... what tanning brand is being used backstage? I need my decking done."
A third added: "Is Hughie dancing the #Tango tonight? @DWTSIRL."
At one point, host and former Westlifef star Nicky Byrne addressed the issue saying: “Hughie, you are trending on Twitter… we don’t know why.”
Many questioned why the reality TV star was allowed to go out on the dancefloor with so much tan on his face but insiders told Hughie was determined to go with his bronzed look.
An insider revealed: “As hard as we tried Hughie had a solid grasp on his bronzer and there was no releasing it’.”
And the source said lacquered Hughie told colleagues: “You can’t have enough tan.”
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