TNT Sports host Laura Woods admitted she was once left mortified after accidentally smooching a “heart-throb” former darts World Champion
08:00, 28 Dec 2025
Laura Woods says she was horrified after the accidental smooch with a “beautiful” darts legend(Image: PA)
Leading sports presenter Laura Woods has revealed she was left mortified after accidentally kissing a “heart-throb” darts legend on the lips.
The awkward gaffe took place after the 38-year-old finished interviewing Steve Beaton, a former BDO world champion famed for his devilishly handsome looks and nicknamed the Bronzed Adonis. Laura, who was working for Sky Sports at the time, says she was left red-faced after a miscommunication saw the pair peck one another on the lips.
Speaking on the Happy Hour podcast, the Londoner said the inadvertent smooch happened when she went to shake Beaton’s hand. As she did that, the 61-year-old leant in for a hug, with the moment ending in an unintended kiss.
The awkward incident took place while Laura Woods was working for Sky Sports(Image: PA)
“If you don’t know who Steve Beaton is, he’s called the Bronzed Adonis,” she said. “He is a beautiful man and he spent his whole career being an absolute heart-throb in the world of darts, which doesn’t sound difficult, does it?
“When I finished the interview, 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 in 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. Anyway, I realised and I went back into the truck, sat down.
Former world champion Steve Beaton retired from professional darts in 2024(Image: Professional Darts Corporation/Youtube)
“The guys were like, ‘Are you alright?’ 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.”
Laura left Sky Sports in 2022 before joining TNT Sports a year later as lead presenter for coverage of boxing and the UEFA Champions League. She also previously worked on the talkSPORT breakfast show before moving on in the summer of 2023.
Earlier this year, she welcomed a baby boy, Leo, with her reality TV star fiance Adam Collard. The year before, Laura suffered a miscarriage when she was just 11 weeks pregnant.
Woods gave birth to a baby boy at the start of the year(Image: laurawoodsy/Instagram)
Speaking on Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins, two-time Love Island contestant Collard said he blamed himself for the tragedy. He said: “I know it’s a terrible way to look at it, but I felt like it was bad karma for me being on dating shows and upsetting too many people.
“I felt like that was some higher power’s way of being like, ‘Well, there you go, that’s what you have to carry’. I was just a cocky little p***k, being a love rat, jumping from girl to girl. I want to show I’m not that many anymore.”
