Multimillionaire entrepreneur Steven Bartlett has revealed his 'surreal' experience of filming the new series of hit BBC One show Dragons' Den ahead of it returning to screens next year.
The Social Chain co-founder, 29, appeared alongside Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby on This Morning and also talked about his upcoming 'The Diary Of A CEO live' show.
The first-ever performance of the show was staged at Manchester's Albert Hall earlier this year.
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The This Morning appearance came after it was announced in May that Mr Bartlett would become the BBC’s youngest and newest Dragon.
The university drop-out and social media guru has joined Dragons Peter Jones, Deborah Meaden, Touker Suleyman and Sara Davies for the 19th series of the BBC One show.
Mr Bartlett revealed recently how he makes $1.2m a year from his popular Diary of a CEO podcast.
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Speaking on This Morning, he said: "Dragons is such a huge honour. I have watched it since I was 12 years old and it just feels like this tremendous honour.
"The other word I use to describe it is responsibility because I know I was that 12-year-old kid looking at it and understanding the world of business from that show.
"I know that there will be other kids, especially kids who come from under represented backgrounds that don't have rich families, and they will be looking up at me and because I'm there I think it is a signal - because I think the most powerful role models are the ones that are relatable, the ones who have walked your path - that they can too.
"I really am just incredibly honoured to be on the show."
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When asked by Phil about his pledge to now wear a suit on Dragons' Den, he added: "I had a most more extreme outfit but it strobed under the lights so I had to change to outfit number two.
"I really just want to represent my world view, the people that are like me and young people and let them know that there is no stage too big to aspire to."
Speaking about his first investment on the show, Mr Bartlett said: "It was very surreal. You have to say 'I'm out' and say your offer in a certain way and I kind of stumbled through that and I went to stand up and couldn't because of Covid but after a couple I found my way.
"Once I felt really comfortable in the chair then I could really really be myself and that's when the show gets particularly interesting."