Dermot OLeary Goes Bold in Sir! Magazine Cover

may be best known for his wholesome image, but the presenter has showed a jaw-dropping new side in a sultry magazine shoot.

The presenter, 53, showed off his toned physique in an unbuttoned shirt as he posed for the snaps for Sir! magazine.

Dermot posed in the open camel shirt for one of the images, before showing his support for his favourite football team by wearing an Arsenal shirt.

In an interview with Boyd Hilton, the frontman discussed his journey from sports-loving Essex teenager to one of Britain’s most recognisable broadcasters.

The star also recalled the unlikely moment he crossed paths with actor , saying: 'Clooney was so disarming and charming… He comes into the studio and says to me, ''Hi, how are you, how’s your family?''

Offering advice to those keen to break in to the industry, he added: 'The two things you need in your job as a broadcaster are curiosity and empathy.'

No doubt Dermot joined thousands of Arsenal fans in heartbreak over the weekend, after they lost the Champions League final to Paris Saint-Germain on penalties.

Dermot recently reflected on landing the coveted X Factor gig in 2008, having started his TV career on Big Brother's Little Brother.

In a piece for Big Issue, he said: 'I was working on Big Brother’s Little Brother, I don’t know if that’s what got me The X Factor. 

'It was very nerve racking, thinking about whether to do it, because everything up to then had been very collaborative. I’d been a big cog in a machine, whereas now I was in the big league. 

'But of course, I had to take it. I mean, it’s like getting a transfer to Arsenal, you know, you can’t not do it. And Simon [Cowell], to be fair to him, from the day I started to the day I finished, he said, ''I’m never going to tell you to say anything. I’m never going to tell you not to give me a hard time.''

'And he was true to his word. I was always given free rein to do whatever I liked on that show, with 20 million people watching.'

As a longtime star of BBC Radio 2, Dermot also recently shared insight into the moment he first learned of colleague Scott Mills' sacking.

Scott, 53, was sacked in March after it was discovered he had been the subject of allegations of 'serious sexual offences' against a teenage boy under 16.

The allegations he faced are said to have happened between 1997 and 2000, police said, while Mills was in his mid-20s.

Speaking on This Morning, Dermot said: 'As part of the Radio 2 family - and it is a family, everyone gets together, it's a lovely place to work, it's very collegiate. This came as a complete shock to everybody, it came from nowhere.

Dermot has been with Radio 2 since 2004 and began presenting the Sunday morning breakfast show in 2017.

Meanwhile, Mills was announced in 2024 to succeed Zoe Ball as host of Radio 2's weekday breakfast show.

The star was sacked six days after being taken off air following his final Radio 2 breakfast show last Tuesday.

In March, the Daily Mirror against a teenage boy between 1997 and 2000. 

The case was dropped around seven years ago due to a lack of evidence. 

Read the full interview in the new issue of Sir! Magazine, on sale now.