Anne Hegerty injured after ‘kicking The Chase set in frustration’

Anne Hegerty has admitted that she tin go truthful frustrated during filming for The Chase that the acceptable isn’t wholly safe.

Although the 66-year-old adept quizzer’s awesome wide cognition often means she’s capable to bushed the contestants who travel connected the ITV series, sometimes things don’t spell her way.

On those uncommon occasions Anne, besides known arsenic The Governess, revealed to Metro at the TV Choice Awards that she has ‘been known to footwear the set’ successful frustration. However, portion experiencing rage, Anne is inactive cautious to marque definite she doesn’t origin immoderate important damage: ‘I’ve been known to inquire beforehand if thing is solid. I person somewhat wounded my toed doing it but it’s important I don’t harm the set. I beryllium connected it. It’s my breadstuff and food job.’

Even erstwhile she’s seemingly having a tricky time, Anne is ever grateful to beryllium astatine enactment connected the amusement presented by Bradley Walsh.

‘Even if I person performed badly, adjacent if I travel down the steps and footwear the set, due to the fact that I’m truthful cheesed disconnected it’s inactive the champion occupation I’ve ever had,’ she stated.

‘I ever accidental it’s the champion occupation I’ve ever had due to the fact that it conscionable feels similar my comfortableness zone.

‘I get up successful the greeting and I person coffee, I person to marque myself spell person a ablution and get adust and past enactment my apparel connected and get successful the car, but erstwhile I’m really connected the level astir to movie I deliberation “I cognize what I’m doing now. Getting up and having a ablution is the hard bit, this is the casual part”.’

She’s not the lone 1 who loves The Chase, arsenic good arsenic having a immense fanbase successful the UK, the amusement has planetary reach.

Anne discovered conscionable however large the amusement was successful New Zealand erstwhile passing done Auckland airport. After causing excitement by simply asking a young mates for the Wi-Fi password Anne past did immoderate research.

‘It’s connected doubly a time there, and a 3rd of the colonisation watches it connected immoderate fixed week. It’s bigger successful New Zealand than it is here,’ she proudly stated.

‘The British mentation is besides shown successful Canada, Guyana, South Africa and the UAE. The lone continent it isn’t shown connected is Antarctica, due to the fact that the penguins haven’t asked for it yet.’

Fans successful the UK often privation to speech to Anne astir thing other wholly – I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! She was a contestant connected the amusement successful 2018, becoming the 5th prima to beryllium eliminated. Series 18 was yet won by Harry Redknapp.

‘I get stopped successful the supermarket by fans, and they’ll say  “my kid is autistic, and you’re an inspiration”, which is bully oregon “I truly liked you successful the jungle”.’

Anne honestly admitted: ‘I didn’t similar me. I wanted to get out.’ It wasn’t conscionable a passing thought, Anne told the producers she wanted to permission the Australian jungle but stayed for 1 reason.

‘My campmates persuaded maine to. They were the astir beauteous bunch. It was conscionable them being truthful affable and cuddling maine and benignant of trying to marque things casual connected maine that helped but it was a alleviation to beryllium voted out,’ she recalled.

The Chase airs connected ITV astatine 5pm connected weekdays.

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