“I had to interview Jackie Collins,” Dermott revealed.
“So she came in and I thought ‘Wow!' finished the interview, went to a song and I chatted with her for a little bit -- small talk.”
Ms Collins was so taken by the AFL star, her PA called him to invite Dermott around for a "party".
“I said, ‘Oh yeah I’ll go home and ask my wife’ and he said ‘Ahhh. No. It’s just an invite for you.”
He ended up turning down the offer because he was a married man.
“I went home to my wife then, had I known how that would pan out I should have gone to the hotel!” he joked, referring to the fact he and his Mrs divorced after 8 years.