Adrian Chiles reveals struggle after 'earning a lot less' following TV axe as work 'dried up'

Former Match of the Day 2 presenter Adrian Chiles has opened up astir his conflict with his finances aft helium mislaid his occupation connected TV and had to instrumentality a immense chopped successful pay

Sports presenter Adrian Chiles has opened up astir however helium struggled with "earning a batch less" aft his TV enactment "suddenly dried up."

Adrian was a mainstay of prime-time TV erstwhile helium presented Match Of The Day 2 arsenic good arsenic co-presenting The One Show until 2010. He past switched to moving for ITV Sport aft signing a lucrative declaration with the broadcaster.

However, successful 2015 they terminated his declaration and aft a 20 twelvemonth vocation successful TV his enactment abruptly dried up starring to his finances taking a downward spiral. He had besides had a conflict with intoxicant arsenic good arsenic battling anxiousness erstwhile helium was axed from ITV meal amusement Daybreak successful 2011.

Talking to The Guardian, the Radio 5, presenter said: “The ups and downs with my income person been stressful implicit the years, but I’ve ever been rather cautious with money. I ne'er spent much than I had. When I joined ITV, I started earning a batch of money, which was weird. Then things went the different way, and suddenly, I was earning a batch less."

However, portion the alteration of wealth was unusual for him, helium says helium is inactive "relatively good disconnected by anybody’s standards." He added: “There was a infinitesimal erstwhile I was earning more, and I bought a flat. I sat astatine this immense bloody array and thought: What americium I doing?What madness is this? It was a existent infinitesimal of realisation for me. I didn’t regret buying the flat, but I tried to bargain little worldly aft that. The much you have, the much you spend. If I won the lottery, I’d astir apt walk it each connected an advertisement run saying: Buy Less Stuff.”

Adrian confessed that present erstwhile helium does splurge it's usually successful a beauteous low-key way. He explained that the astir frivolous happening helium bought precocious was a compass for his car dashboard arsenic helium elaborate "Suddenly, I wanted to cognize which absorption I was driving in.”

Adrian antecedently hosted deed BBC One satirical quality quiz, Have I Got News for You. He has besides hosted Working Lunch and The Money Programme, Panorama, arsenic good arsenic a drawstring of documentaries, and The Apprentice: Your Fired. He besides appeared connected the Strictly Come Dancing Christmas peculiar successful 2021.

Earlier this twelvemonth Adrian admitted helium is studying the "dark arts" and wants to bargain crystals after seeing a store successful the West Midlands that specialised successful "witchy supplies" and is besides convinced witches are a unit for bully contempt being terrified of them successful the past.

He wrote successful his regular file for The Guardian: "I saw a unusual happening connected the mode to Cradley Heath. Or thought I did. I was driving my mum's car to a store for a service. I passed a store for witches. 'Witchy Supplies', it said connected the sign. I did a treble take, giving acknowledgment determination was nary 1 successful beforehand of maine oregon I'd person driven into them."

"Later, I mentioned this spot to a mates of friends who unrecorded and enactment successful that country and they looked astatine maine funny. What? A witches' proviso shop? In Colley Gate? Are you sure?" I wondered if I'd dreamed it. So erstwhile I collected the car, I risked different thrust past and, yes, determination it was. The Wicklow Witch. Candles, Crystals, Witchy Supplies."

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