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Dermot O’Leary looks adorable as a young boy in throwback pic

He has hosted The X Factor and huge award ceremonies

This adorable youngster grew up to be one of the nation’s most loved TV presenters.

He is a presenter for ITV and a radio presenter for BBC Radio 2.

The star is best known for hosting The X Factor and has also presented the National Television Awards, the BRIT Awards and Soccer Aid.

But can you guess which presenter this cutie grew up to be?

Can you guess who this little boy grew up to be? (Credit: ITV)

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It’s Dermot O’Leary!

In the cute pic, the star is seen flashing a toothy smile while he sported a white roll-neck top and black dungarees in the sweet throwback shot.

Dermot shared the childhood snap during his first The Nightly Show episode a couple of years ago.

The presenter asked the audience: “Did you like that?” while many cooed in the background over the sweet picture from his childhood.

He then laughed: “That was cheap wasn’t it?”

The youngster is Dermot O’Leary! (Credit: Zed Jameson / Flynet – SplashNews / SplashNews.com)

Last year, Dermot opened up about his childhood and revealed he grew up in a “very Irish household”.

Speaking to the Mirror, he said: “I grew up in a very Irish household in North Essex – if you closed the door, you could have been in Ireland.”

Recalling a family trip he went on to Ireland, Dermot revealed: “I remember my first trip there as a young child, seeing my grandmother waiting by the gate in her white pinny. They were your archetypal Irish grandparents.

“My grandfather was a classic combination of disciplinarian and a Guinness-drinking, kindly old gentleman, while my grandmother was that sort of Irish matriarch, a force to be reckoned with. She’d keep a stew on the go for five days, just adding to it day-by-day – it tasted like heaven.”

NTAs Dermot O'Leary Credit: ITV
Dermot hosting the NTAs (Credit: ITV)

Dermot is best known for hosting The X Factor.

Back in January, the star revealed he quit the show because he was tired of ITV playing “games” with his contract.

During an interview with Event magazine, Dermot said: “When you sign on to The X Factor it takes nine months of your year.

“But at the end of every series you were left not knowing if your contract was going to be renewed. I remember being in Austin, Texas, and still not having heard whether I was going to be doing The X Factor, which would have started in a matter of weeks.

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“I made a call to ITV and was told I might be doing it, but I might not. I’d done eight years there very successfully and I thought, I’m not playing these games any more. So I called ITV and told them to count me out.”

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Rebecca Carter
Associate Editor (News)