Anne ‘The Governess’ Hegerty has revealed accusation astir however The Chase stars are paid.
The 66-year-old OG prima revealed that she is paid per occurrence for the fashionable ITV series, which began successful 2009.
Currently, determination are six chasers successful full – Anne of course, Mark Labbett, Shaun Wallace, Paul Sinha, Jenny Ryan, and the astir caller addition, Darragh Ennis – who each instrumentality their crook successful the blistery seat.
As a effect of the wage structure, adept quizzer Anne isn’t excessively keen connected different chaser joining the battalion arsenic it volition mean less episodes and little wealth successful her slope account.
‘Well we bash ever anticipation not,’ she said erstwhile asked astir the anticipation of a caller quizzer connected the show.
She continued to The Mirror: ‘It’s not arsenic if they’re going to up the fund and adhd a caller salary, a caller chaser would conscionable mean the aforesaid fig of shows shared betwixt much radical – truthful little wealth for everyone. So, anticipation not!’
While she’s not keen for anyone caller close now, she was blessed for Darragh, 44, to articulation successful 2020.
‘You know, Darragh has been a precise bully caller addition, he’s precise popular, and that’s worthwhile,’ she shared.
In fact, Anne gets on with each her co-stars: ‘We cognize each other, and surely connected Beat the Chasers we thin to bent retired a lot, due to the fact that we’re each determination astatine the aforesaid time.’
Anne, who has besides appeared connected I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!, Mastermind and Catchphrase, is said to beryllium worthy an estimated £3.2 million. Her company, Frosty Knickers Ltd, had a steadfast £807,257 currency successful slope successful August 2023 according to fiscal records connected Companies House.
While attending the TV Choice Awards, Anne besides spoke to Metro and shared 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. With her bottommost line, we’d beryllium grateful too!
‘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”.’
The Chase airs connected ITV astatine 5pm connected weekdays.
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