America's Got Talent host Nick Cannon may well have been in need of a cuddle on Friday after missing out on setting a new record for most hugs given in one hour in New York.
Nick had been hoping to embrace more than 1,749 people during the attempt at the Citi Field Stadium before a baseball match between the New York Mets and the Milwaukee Brewers.
The target number was set by disabled motivational speaker Nick Vujicic in 2010.
As the video below shows, the 92.3 Now Radio DJ wasn't able to hit the required pace of roughly one hug every two seconds, and ended up missing out on setting a new benchmark by an agonisingly close 52.
Despite the disappointment, the event was still a huge success, with sponsors WowWee donating a toy for every hug to the Mets Care Room at New York Hospital Queens.
