JAMES Blunt has broken his silence after being one of the passengers stuck underground for hours on London's Elizabeth Line.
The singer, 49, had a typically hilarious comment on the travel mishap, which saw members of the public trapped for four hours.
You're Beautiful hitmaker James replied on social media to a news article about the event and added: "I promise I only started singing when the police needed people to evacuate the train."
James previously posted: "Been stuck somewhere outside Paddington for close to 4 hours now. Out of peanuts and wine."
Among the hundreds of other people unable to get home was Countdown's Rachel Riley.
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The 37-year-old also posted on social media to update fans, writing: "Nearly 4 hours after we got on, we’re getting off the Elizabeth line, woohoo!"
One fan commented: "Thank goodness- what a nightmare!"
Another added: "Omg sounds a total nightmare so glad you can now get off home."
A third penned: "Hope you’ve been keeping safe and sending love always."
A fourth wrote: "Looks like you kept everyone’s spirits up, nice one Rachel."
Hundreds of passengers were stuck in the cold, dark train in west London after a fault with overhead cables forced all services to stop.
James recently spoke exclusively to The Sun ahead of the release of his new film, One Brit Wonder.
Meanwhile Rachel shot to fame on the Channel 4's Countdown in 2009 and is in charge of picking the letters and numbers and revealing the answers to the maths problems.
The star has been on the show for the past 12 years, and presented alongside Nick Hewer.
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Rachel is married and shares two kids, Maven Aria, three, and one-year-old Noa, with husband and Former Strictly Come Dancing professional, Pasha Kovalev.
The pair met on the eleventh series of Strictly Come Dancing where she was partnered with the Russian dancer.
