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Nov 09, 2021
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Bear Grylls has recalled how he got Prince George to eat an ant and said it was a âprivilegeâ to give the future king the insect.
Speaking to Good Morning Britain the adventurer and TV star revealed the eight-year-old royalâs eyes lit up after trying the bug and called him a âlittle heroâ for giving it a go.
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The morning showâs co-host Susanna Reid asked: âYou encouraged President Obama to eat a half-eaten salmon, you also encouraged our future king to eat some ants, didnât you?â
Grylls, 47, explained: âWell I didnât really mean to, I mean we were doing something for Prince Williamâs Kings Cup event, we were down there and the royal family were there.
âAnd it was actually the Duchess of Cambridgeâs mother said âWould you come and just say hi to Prince George, heâs a big fan of your Netflix adventure interactive showâ.
âAnd so we were chatting, and he was down here, and just as we were chatting a stream of ants went across his feet, and him and me looked at them, he looked at me with those amazed wide eyes, and I said âCome on weâve got to eat oneâ.
âAnd he said âOh really?â and we ate, and it was a privilege to give the future King his first ant, and his eyes lit up as they do with anyone when theyâre out in the wild and they face a few fears and they overcome them, so good for him. What a little hero.â
Reid asked âwhat do ants taste like?â to which he replied: âA little zingy, but thatâs a formic acid in the stomach and itâs all vitamin C, itâs OK.â
Co-host Martin Lewis added: âYou see, look at royalty, heâs already that age and heâs eaten an ant, Iâve gotten to nearly 50 and Iâve never eaten one.â
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The adventurer also discussed when he got former US president Barack Obama to eat an unusual food when he joined him on his programme Running Wild With Bear Grylls in 2015.
He revealed that he had come across salmon carcasses along the river which had been partially eaten by bears and wanted to share them with Mr Obama for their meal but the US Secret Service tried to intervene.
He said: âSecret service went âNo, firstly of all he never eats on camera or drinks, if we do that weâll have to have a special salmon readyâ.â
However, he recalled that the former president did not ask for the special salmon and instead helped cook the one scavenged by Grylls and ate it with the adventurer, while the film crew dined on the âfancy salmonâ that night.
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