Paddy McGuinness says ‘life-changing’ bike ride showed ‘who I am off telly’

TV and vigor presenter Paddy McGuinness has said his “life-changing” foundation motorcycle thrust for BBC Children In Need showed “who I americium disconnected telly” aft the fundraising full exceeded £9 million.

The Radio 2 presenter, besides known for Take Me Out and Top Gear, told the PA quality bureau helium was “absolutely physically broken” but besides “the happiest idiosyncratic around” aft the BBC Radio 2 ultra endurance rhythm challenge, which saw him question done 3 nations and 8 counties past week.

McGuinness, 51, finished the travel connected Friday. It saw him question 300 miles from Wales to Scotland connected his imagination puerility bike, a Raleigh Chopper, which was painted successful the colours of the charity’s mascot, Pudsey.

Donations are inactive being accepted aft the lawsuit with the full sitting astatine £9,254,482 erstwhile it was announced connected The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show connected Monday morning.

Reflecting connected the challenge, McGuinness told PA: “Absolutely, without a uncertainty (it has been life-changing).

“I’m beauteous overmuch similar anyone other astatine the infinitesimal successful the world, we cognize there’s a batch of horrific things happening, and I’m a benignant of person, I aftermath up successful the morning, benignant the kids out, and erstwhile they’ve gone to school, person a look astatine the news, spot what’s going on, societal media, and beauteous overmuch we ever spot antagonistic stuff, which feels similar that’s each that’s retired there.

“But connected time one, erstwhile I saw the streets lined and it got bigger and bigger and bigger, it truly brought it location that really everyone inactive gets on, and everyone inactive mucks successful unneurotic arsenic as quality beings, and it conscionable truly spurred maine on.

“And honestly, you accidental astir life-changing, it truly was. I privation I could springiness everybody that feeling that I had erstwhile I was retired and astir connected those roads, being perfectly physically breached but being the happiest idiosyncratic astir astatine the aforesaid time.”

A documentary titled Paddy: The Ride Of My Life, volition amusement the Farnworth-born presenter’s journey, with McGuinness saying viewers would spot a antithetic broadside to him arsenic helium is usually a “heightened version” of himself connected TV.

When I've been doing this benignant of situation I deliberation radical person seen who I americium disconnected telly arsenic good now, which has been nice

Paddy McGuinness

He added: “When I did my vigor amusement connected Sunday, and they said the documentary’s on, connected Tuesday night, 8pm connected BBC One, I really said I’m truly looking guardant to seeing that, due to the fact that I cannot retrieve anything.

“So for maine personally it’s going to beryllium amazing, due to the fact that I’ll ticker that and I’ll astir apt person tears successful my eyes astatine really conscionable seeing those people, but from a antithetic angle, due to the fact that I’m precocious fiving everyone arsenic I’m going past.

“So for me, determination were immoderate builders I went past, and I conscionable had a spot of amusive with them, and they enactment it connected TikTok, and that’s gone viral, wherever I was telling them to hurry up and physique this wall, but what I’m saying is I wholly forgot that I saw immoderate builders, and I had a laughter with them, and I carried connected riding, wholly forgot astir it.

“So things similar that I’m going to emotion watching back, due to the fact that you’re similar successful the oculus of an amazing, beauteous storm, if that makes sense.

“I deliberation connected telly, I’ve been doing the occupation for implicit 20 years now, you’re benignant of a hybrid heightened mentation of your existent self, due to the fact that that’s what performing is each about.

“And wrong the documentary, erstwhile I’ve been doing this benignant of challenge, I deliberation radical person seen who I americium disconnected telly arsenic good now, which has been nice.

“It’s been refreshing for maine arsenic well, really, but it’s conscionable inactive not afloat sank successful with me.”

The documentary of Paddy McGuinness’s Radio 2’s ultra endurance rhythm situation for BBC Children In Need, Paddy: The Ride Of My Life, volition aerial connected Tuesday, November 19 astatine 8pm connected BBC One.