DARTS’ “heart-throb” Steve Beaton has made fans jealous with his second gobsmacking feat.
The street cred of the former world champ, aka the Bronzed Adonis, has soared after sports presenter Laura Woods revealed she accidentally kissed him on the lips.
Coventry slinger Steve Beaton got a surprise smacker from TV star Laura WoodsGetty
Laura Woods was embarrassed at first but now ‘revels’ in having kissed BeatonRex
Beaton, 59, already had the deep respect of opponents and true darts lovers as he’s beaten legend Phil Taylor’s record by appearing in 32 successive PDC World Championships.
And if some thought he was a lucky pucker to maintain such consistency, he’s now shown he also has the magic touch away from the oche as well.
Without even hurling a single Cupid’s Arrow, the former world No1 received a smacker from talkSPORT host Woods.
The 36-year-old showed the wit and self-deprecating tone that makes her so well-liked by sports fans as she explained her kiss with “beautiful man” Beaton following an interview.
Woods, who also presents for ITV, Amazon Prime Video, and TNT Sport, told the Happy Hour Podcast: “I went, ‘Thank you so much’ and I went to shake his hand, he went for a cuddle.
“Because he’d gone for a cuddle, I like put my arms around him and almost went for a kiss on the cheek.
“He then realised I was for the kiss so he turned and we kissed on the lips.
“I was like, ‘Oh my God, what have I done?’ He was like the holy grail and I’d poisoned it.”
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Puzzled colleagues asked her what was the matter.
And she added: “I had my head in my hands and was like, ‘I just kissed the Bronzed Adonis on the mouth and I felt his beard.’ I felt like I’d done the worst thing in the world but now I revel in that.”
The Coventry slinger comes out to “Stayin’ Alive” by the Bee Gees when he’s at the oche.
But he must have been tempted to change it to “You Win Again” after his amusing mix-up with Woods.
And although the pinnacle of Beaton’s career was his BDO world title in 1996 he’s been consistent for most of his incredibly long career at the top.
He won the World Masters in 1993, lifting nine major singles’ crowns in all.
Beaton was with the BDO from 1991 to 2001 and has been with the PDO ever since.
