He moved into the £2.95m mansion in Exeter,
10:52, 24 May 2026Updated 10:53, 24 May 2026
Josh Widdicombe(Image: Justin Goff Photos/Getty Images)
The newly-announced Strictly host Josh Widdicombe has revealed the cryptic message he received from Noel Edmonds after buying his multi-million pound mansion in Devon.
Last year, the comedian and presenter, 43, moved into a £2.95 mansion in Exeter, previously home to TV legend Noel Edmonds.
But after passing on the property to Josh, Noel sent him a cryptic message.
Speaking on The Romesh Ranganathan Show, Josh said: “[Noel] said something about how he’d left something under a floorboard or something.
“A treasure chest or something.”
“Were you tempted to look?” Romesh asked.
“No, I wasn’t actually, I wonder if it would be evidence if it was a body,” Josh replied.
He continued: “I’m trying to distance myself from…”
“Noel Edmonds?” Romesh asked.
“Yes. And you’ve given me Mr Blobby mugs,” Josh replied, referring to the new kitchenware Romesh had gifted him as a house-warming present.
Noel and Mr Blobby were a staple of Saturday night television on BBC One for years, fronting the 1990s TV show Noel Edmonds’ House Party.
The show was set in a fake manor house in the fictional village of Crinkley Bottom.
Last year, Josh told his Parenting Hell podcast co-host Rob Beckett of his new home: “Just to be clear, it isn’t in Crinkley Bottom – it isn’t the house we used to see on Saturday nights on the TV.”
He also revealed that the wallpaper was pink and yellow when he moved in, just like Mr Blobby.
Josh was born in London but grew up in Haytor Vale, near Widecombe in the Moor on Dartmoor.
The dad-of-two moved to Devon to raise his children in the countryside.
In an interview with ITV, he described the West Country as like “no other part of the UK, it’s just so beautiful”.