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Greg James' Radio 1 No-Show Was Actually Part Of Another Breakfast Show Stunt

Greg James made headlines on Wednesday morning when he missed his early-morning presenting slot the day after the Brit Awards, with many assuming he may have just over-indulged at an afterparty.

However, it turns out there’s more to his Radio 1 no-show than we first thought.

Since taking over as host of the breakfast show, Greg has become well-known for his elaborate pranks and stunts, and it turns out his absence on Wednesday was part of one.

Posting on Twitter on Wednesday afternoon, he explained to his Twitter followers that he’d been “captured” at a Brits afterparty.

“Some explaining has got to be done,” he said. “Last night, at the Brits afterparty, I was put into a car, blindfolded and driven over an hour or so away to a building which contains this white room.

“The only thing I was being told is that I was being taken to the boss’ place.”

Greg then assured his followers that he was “as in the dark” as everybody else over his whereabouts, revealing: “I’ve since learned that it’s a thing called Who’s Got Greg?

“This requires you to be the detectives and with me, work out who from the Brits captured me and took me here. [If we] work that out, I can escape, so please help me.”

Many fans have pointed out that the room Greg is in appears to have been padlocked from the inside, with the presenter later revealing: “For all those mentioning the padlock on the inside…It has a code that I imagine I have to solve (with your help) in order to get out and see who my captor is…”

He also tweeted out a mysterious letter, which was hidden inside a table:

The matter was also discussed on The One Show, as hosts Matt Baker and Alex Jones urged viewers to get involved in cracking the code:

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