Cross, 27, pulled off one of the great darting shocks to stun world No 1 Van Gerwen in a mammoth semi-final clash that finished after midnight.
He clinched the final set in a deciding leg to win 6-5 to book a final meeting with Phil Taylor.
After the game he revealed that Taylor had predicted they could meet in the final back in November.
But Van Gerwen refused to speak to the TV cameras in the aftermath of the defeat despite their best efforts to prise out an interview.
Sky Sports host Dave Clark said: “Michael van Gerwen apologises. He’s devasted behind the scenes.
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“He’s absolutely distraught, too distraught to speak to us.”
Darts legend John Part backed Van Gerwen for keeping quiet and said: “Its’ better not to when you’re in a bad mood like this and you may say something you regret later.”
Cross, speaking seconds after walking off the Alexandra Palace stage, has admitted the final match-up was called by The Power back in November.
He said: “Phil said to me at the Grand Slam ‘me and you in the final’ at the World Championship and that’s come true now.
“He’s my favourite player actually, he was dominant and now he’s leaving.
“It’s going to be special for him but I’ve got to do my own job to do what I can to win this game.”
Cross was a nobody 12 months ago but he is now just a match away from becoming the world champion.
It caps off an incredible 12 months for the man who has now moved up to number six in the world.
After his win over Van Gerwen, Cross said: “At a point I felt inexperienced, I really did, but I still got through.
“Tomorrow I will make sure I’m right again
“I believe in my own ability and I actually believe I can keep with Michael every day.
“There are other factors there which don’t allow me to do so and it’s the comfortability. I feel I can be better than what I am but that needs to come to the show.
“In fairness we are trying not to look at rankings. Unless I am No 1 they don’t mean anything.
“This is just amazing. i never expected this rise I really didn’t. I was just a working boy from a normal household.
“I believe in my own ability and who’s to say there’s not another person that can’t come and do all this? It’s possible, anything’s possible.”