3AM: Rio's joke own goal; EXCLUSIVE FOOTIE STAR GETS RED CARD FROM JAYNE OVER MISFIRING TV PRANK.Byline: Eva Simpson & Caroline Hedley RIO Ferdinand is desperately trying to get hold of Jayne Middlemiss - to apologise for a prank that went badly wrong. The England and Manchester United star - who produces the ITV (1) See interactive TV. (2) (iTV) The code name for Apple's video media hub (see Apple TV). series All Star Wind-Ups - was devastated to hear how a stunt involving Jayne was, er, ballsed up. In what was meant to be a "joke", the 36-year-old Orange Playlist A file that contains an index to a selected group of music files on the computer. Using digital jukebox software such as iTunes and Winamp, playlists are created by the user by dragging and dropping titles from a master index. The software may be able to create a playlist automatically. presenter found herself trapped in a lift for 20 minutes, with a crazy singing musician for company. But staff who dreamed up the wind-up scored a spectacular own goal - they had no idea that Jayne suffers from extreme claustrophobia claustrophobia /claus·tro·pho·bia/ (-fo´be-ah) irrational fear of being shut in, of closed places. claus·tro·pho·bi·a n. An abnormal fear of being in narrow or enclosed spaces. . She was so traumatised by her ordeal that she had a panic attack in the lift, collapsed and needed medical assistance. No wonder she failed to see the funny side when the doors finally opened... Our informer Informer Battus revealed theft by Mercury; turned to touchstone. [Gk. and Rom. Myth.: Walsh Classical, 47] Cenci, Count Francesco old libertine ravishes his daughter Beatrice. [Br. Lit. reveals: "Jayne had a panic attack and passed out in the lift because the musician ignored her screams to be let out and just kept singing this mad tune at her. "When the stunt ended, she was all over the place and doctors were called to treat her. "It was traumatic and left her badly shaken." Fortunately for 28-year-old Rio - who we've now dubbed the Peckham Prankster - he wasn't present during filming at the Plaza Hotel on London's Albert Embankment, last Friday. Instead, it was left to his team to weather the full force of Jayne's fierce, four-letter tirade. Our source adds: "Jayne was livid livid /liv·id/ (liv´id) discolored, as from a contusion or bruise; black and blue. liv·id adj. . When she realised she'd been tricked she screamed: 'Why the f*** did he do that? It was f***ing out of order. Wait till I get my hands on Rio! It's not f***ing funny'." The stunt, which has now been axed from the show, was intended for the ace's All Star Wind-Ups - a follow up to Rio's World Cup Wind-Ups. That first series included an attempt to kidnap the then-England captain David Beckham. Rio also tried to trick Wayne Rooney into thinking he had killed a dog at a vets' clinic. Although Rio is the executive producer of the new show, he insists that he was unaware that such a stunt was being pulled on Jayne and says it was nothing to do with him. His representative adds that although it is Rio's show, he was not personally involved in this prank. Even so, Rio is upset that things went wrong - last night, he was desperate to call Jayne to apologise for what had happened. A spokesperson for Jayne tells us: "She was absolutely distraught over the whole ordeal. The stunt was not run past her management and she suffers from extreme claustrophobia." An ITV spokesperson adds: "Jayne's an old friend of the production team and has a great sense of humour Noun 1. sense of humour - the trait of appreciating (and being able to express) the humorous; "she didn't appreciate my humor"; "you can't survive in the army without a sense of humor" sense of humor, humor, humour . "Unfortunately, they may have pushed the joke a bit too far. As soon as this became obvious, they terminated the prank." Red cards - and faces - all round! CAPTION(S): SORRY: Ferdinand's TV team trapped Jayne in a lift for 20 minutes |
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