The camera crew then joined in on the teasing, and used a wide-angle camera to do a slow motion shot up McLean.
"If I needed motivation," McLean said to a camera operator, "you just bloody gave it to me."
Later on in the show, Stokes explained why Campbell and Clarkson were absent from the stage.
"Because J-May and John didn't show Matty much respect, they're gone," she said.
"They had to go and talk to the boss ... very naughty."
On returning to the stage, Campbell admitted viewers had sent "incensed" emails about how mean they'd been to McLean.
"It's like we've pick-pocketed Mother Theresa," Campbell joked.