Paddy McGuinness raises over £9 million after Children In Need charity bike ride

Paddy McGuinness has fixed an update connected the awesome magnitude helium has raised for Children In Need - arsenic enactment continues to travel successful pursuing his contention triumph

Paddy McGuinness admits helium is perfectly gobsmacked by the magnitude of wealth helium has raised for BBC Children successful Need owed to a sponsored motorcycle ride.

The Radio 2 presenter, 51, undertook an ultra endurance rhythm situation to rise funds for the foundation - which uses funds to amended the lives of impoverished children astir the UK. As portion of his challenge, Paddy travelled done 3 nations and 8 counties implicit the people of a week and covered implicit 300 miles successful distance.

The gruelling situation has been good rewarded, however, arsenic the prima has raised galore millions of pounds for the charity. By Friday, the prima had pulled unneurotic implicit £8 cardinal - but that fig has continued to turn adjacent aft the yearly Children successful Need telethon aired connected Friday night.

Taking to the aerial of his BBC Radio 2 amusement connected Sunday, Paddy gave an update connected his wealth raising - and was stunned to spot the fig kept increasing. He was besides gobsmacked to spot a effect successful messages arsenic "1000s" of fans contacted him to congratulate him connected his charitable work.

Taking to the air, helium gasped: “Can you judge that we’re implicit 9 cardinal pounds? My days, that is unbelievable. Do you cognize what you’ve done folks? This is you lot. This is you, listen. This is you (lining) the streets.

“This is the radical who couldn’t get down due to the fact that they were working, oregon you were each location and conscionable couldn’t marque it, but you’ve got online and you did this (donated). This is you lot.” He went connected to convey fans for sending him messages of support, arsenic good arsenic letters and pictures from children, and encouraged the nationalist to proceed to donate.

On societal media, helium shared much accusation astir his achievements, posing connected a sofa with a Pudsey the Bear cuddly toy. He revealed "Look what YOU did!!! £9,124,609 and it’s inactive going up!!" And past helium shared a video clip of the measurement of messages helium was receiveing arsenic helium showed machine screens with messages bombarding the screen. He wrote: "If you’re listening unrecorded to my amusement this is our computers close now!!! I promised you I’d station it truthful present it is. Your messages are coming successful determination 1000’s!!!! £9,124,609 and counting!"

Amid his awesome fundraising, Scottish businessman Sir Tom Hunter has pledged to lucifer the magnitude raised up to £3 cardinal - meaning Paddy volition easy slope implicit £12 cardinal for the charity. While the entreaty amusement revealed an archetypal full raised for Children In Need of much than £39 cardinal connected Friday night. The amusement entertainment featured appearances from stars including Oscar-winner Gary Oldman, popular radical Girls Aloud, chat amusement big Graham Norton, vocalist Kylie Minogue and Doctor Who histrion Ncuti Gatwa.

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