"It was no hassle at all, apart from the occasional shuffling noises ..."

Not everyone would be so laid-back after discovering a spider had been living in their ear for a week.

Katie Melua: had a spider living in her ear. Credit:Getty Images

But that was the reaction of Georgian-British singer Katie Melua when a doctor pulled the tiny arachnid out of her ear canal.

The "little fella" was still alive and "seemingly fine", the 30-year-old said.