'It sucks your poo out?' Horrified Andrea McLean squirms as Dara O Briain reveals what happens when astronauts need the loo
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Andrea McLean was left squirming today after learning what happens when you go to the loo in space.
Appearing on Loose Women to promote his new children's book Beyond the Sky: You and the Universe, funnyman Dara O Briain revealed what really happens to human waste, and it wasn't a pretty tale.
Explaining that they have an "uncomfortable suction thing" he said, "It used to be a bag and that was awful. Those guys Buzz Aldrin had it terrible, that was an unpleasant thing. Now there's a special seat they sit on.
"The poo gets bagged up and shot out of the window essentially and burns up," he said, joking that it becomes a shooting star.
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"What if you do both at the same time?" questioned horrified host Andrea McLean, clearly locked on.
Revealing that wee actually gets recycled into drinking water, he teased her for being more "obsessed" than the school kids he goes out and talks to.
Meanwhile, the 48-year-old Scottish presenter is still on cloud nine after tying the knot with businessman Nick Feeney on Sunday 30 November.
The happy couple were proclaimed husband and wife in front of friends, family, and other Loose Women presenters (not Katie Price).
But Andrea revealed the day wasn't without drama - and the wedding nearly didn't go ahead at all.
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She explained that she had Britain’s Next Top Model star and fashion photographer Nicky Johnston do the photos on her big day.
"I’ve known him for 20 years and he was a witness at the registry office," she explained.
"We chatted before about the wedding ceremony and you know that bit where they say, 'Does anyone know any reason why the wedding should not go ahead?'
"He said he always wanted to say something.
"When it got to that bit he went well… actually he did!
"And the registrar stopped the wedding and she said this is a legal binding ceremony and what you just said means this whole thing could be cancelled right now.
"There was an awkwardly long pause before she said: 'But I’ll let you carry on.'"
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"At the time it was terrible but now it’s hilarious," she said.
"Nicky it was one of the funniest bits of the day."
Andrea also explained that the family dog Jackson collapsed two days before the wedding.
"We didn’t tell the kids because they'd get too upset," she said.
"He had a bone condition and a heart condition and they had to operate.
"They wanted to do it on the wedding day but we got them to do it the day after.
"Now he’s good and he’s home, thankfully."