If you look up the dictionary definition of “numpty” then it will quite possibly have James ‘Arg’ Argent from TOWIE’s face next to it.
Wearing one of his signature dickie bow ties, obvs.
Earlier this month the Internets went a bit mental when it was reported that lovely, cuddly Arg had gone missing (this writer almost spat out her Saturday morning muesli in a wail of “Nooooooooo!”)
Arg’s “missing” status was trending on Twitter and Facebook, and TOWIE fans the world over were worrying about who’d croon Michael Bublé at the next TOWIE engagement party.
No, really.
We don’t think Elliott Wright has a voice that silky smooth. In fact, we know he doesn’t. Although please do feel free to send us a croony video, Elliott. That’d do nicely for heatworld.
Anyway. It turned out that Arg hadn’t in fact gone missing –actually, he’d, erm, run out of battery in his hotel room. Which happens to the best of us, obviously.
James has spoken on Celebrity Juice about his Ultimate Numpty of the Year Moment™, saying: “Well basically, I went to the airport and I missed the flight, and so I checked into a hotel nearby and phone ran out of battery. So, I basically just chilled out in the hotel with no battery.
“Then I woke up and asked the cleaner for a charger and she knocked on the door and she said, ‘You’re missing’, and I said,‘What do you mean I am missing?’ and she said, ‘It’s all over the news.’
“So I went and put my phone on charge and went on Twitter, and all I saw was, ‘Pray for Arg.’ I was thinking, why are they praying for me? And then I phoned my mum and that was it. It was a bit embarrassing.”
You don’t say, James.