The Script star says drinks with Tom Jones left him in hospital

Speaking to BBC Radio Wales, O’Donoghue said the boozy session went on all night.

He recalled: “It was after one show on The Voice and we were in the Lowry [hotel] up in Manchester and we went drinking that night, and he was telling me all these stories about Elvis and the Rat Pack and every time the champagne got to like a certain level, he’d be clicking [his fingers] to get another bottle of champagne.

“And he said you can’t leave the table until the champagne is done. And it just wouldn’t stop.”

“We’re probably there six hours or something from 12 o’clock to six in the morning.

“And I just remember thinking ‘what’s all the clinking going on’ and they were putting out the things for breakfast in the morning.”

After finally getting to bed and waking up, he knew something was up.

“I didn’t know what was going on so I went to the hospital – and I got atrial fibrillation, external from drinking nothing but champagne for six hours.”

He said he “missed one or two days of filming” of The Voice.

“It was my fault because I should have stopped drinking very early.”

A global study, external published in the Lancet in 2018 confirmed previous research which has shown that there is no safe level of alcohol consumption.

Danny described Sir Tom, from the south Wales town of Pontypridd, as a “super guy”.

“I don’t mean to age him but he’s from the same era as my dad but he’s a man’s man, grew up in the coal mines, loves songs, loved drinking.

“What an amazing career that guy’s had.

“And like all Welsh people they’re so down to earth, it’s easy to forget how big and how legendary Tom is but he makes you feel that way himself, but I really, really loved my time with him.”