Whilst recording an upcoming appearance on ‘Never Mind The Buzzcocks’, X Factor host Dermot O’Leary has reportedly been joking about John and Edward Grimes receiving death threats.

The Sun quotes O’Leary as saying: “John & Edward have received so many death threats we’ve had to close the phone lines. So please don’t call – your death threat won’t count, but you may still be charged.”

He also alleged joked about Britney Spears awful miming on last years series of the ITV show. He said: “Oasis refused to perform on The X Factor. So did Britney Spears – but we still had to pay her.”

The funniest joke of the night had to be the one about Louis Walsh though. Dermot said:

“The Phantom of the Opera is the story of a hideous, deformed man struggling to find love.

“If you want the punchline to this joke to be about Simon Cowell, dial the normal number plus 01, for Louis Walsh dial 02.”