Welsh star Gethin Jones has said his fellow Welsh presenter will be “going down” as they go up against each other in a huge TV challenge. Taking to Instagram, Gethin said Alex Jones, who is known for presenting The One Show, would not succeed in the challenge.
In scenes set to air on The One Show on Monday, January 13, Alex and Gethin will face each other in an iconic Gladiators challenge. Gladiators is another BBC One show that sees normal contenders go up against the elite Gladiators in a series of physical challenges.
Gethin said he and Alex would be facing each other in the duel where they try to knock each other off podiums using pugil sticks, and while filming for Morning Live, the BBC show Gethin co-presents, he asked professional gladiator Dynamite who would win. Dynamite backed Gethin to win and in a video talking to the camera, Gethin said: “Alex is going down, isn’t she? You are going down, Al, you are going down!”
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Alex jokingly replied to Gethin’s confidence, commenting on the post: “I’ll get you Jones!!!!!!!!!!!”. In 2024 Alex took two of her children, Teddy and Kit, to be in the audience for Gladiators, which is filmed in Sheffield. For the latest TV & Showbiz news, sign up to our newsletter.
At first she told her fans that she and her children were heading to Sheffield and asked them to “guess why we’re heading North?”. She said: “Picked these two little munchkins up after work and we’re off on a road trip to Sheffield. I’m surprised they’re asleep now due to the high levels of excitement and of course, the doughnut didn’t help, but can you guess why we’re heading up North?”
She then pictured herself in a mirror wearing sports gear with the caption “Ready for the day” before finally dropping the biggest hint of all. Holding a pugil stick and going up against one of the professional gladiators in the reboot of the iconic BBC show, Alex has revealed she was at the Gladiators arena. You can read more, here.