The Hello hitmaker came down sick after meeting Alex Jones on U.K. chat programme The One Show and giving her a kiss on the lips while she was still recovering from a vomiting bug known as the norovirus.

Jones tells Britain's The Sun newspaper, "I'm not ill very often but I remember the norovirus was rife at the time and I started to feel very dodgy... I had a day off but then I probably went back into work a day too early so I was still infectious.

"After Lionel and I had just finished our chat on the show, I went to give him a kiss on the cheek and he went in for the lips... He caught the norovirus off me and had to cancel two of his tour dates... I did feel a bit guilty but, essentially, don't be so forward Lionel! If he'd gone for the cheek, he would have been fine!"

It is not clear when the incident occurred.