The Chase star Anne Hegerty was told she wasn’t allowed to appear on a rival quiz show.
She’s known as The Governess on the ITV gameshow hosted by Bradley Walsh, but Anne could have shown off her mind-blowing quiz skills on another show. Anne revealed she was offered the chance to appear on the BBC’s rival gameshow Celebrity Mastermind a few years back.
She wanted to take them up on the offer, but ITV bosses weren’t pleased about the prospect and didn’t let her do it. Asked if there were any other TV shows she’d like to try out, Anne Daily Star and other press at the TV Choice Awards: “The trouble is I’m not allowed to do any other [shows].
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“I mean I got tapped up for Celebrity Mastermind a few years ago, but the producer said ‘absolutely not, we’re not letting you do it'”. Anne, who has been a chaser since 2010, said she has no plans to hang up her quizzing hat as it’s the best job she’s ever had.
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Asked how long she wants to stay on the show, she replied: “As long as they’ll have me, really. I don’t have any plans to retire.
“It’s [the show] the little workhorse that makes everything else possible, and I love doing it. It’s the best job I’ve ever had, so I’m happy to keep going as long as they want me for.”
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She may not have appeared on Celebrity Mastermind, but The Governess did star as a contestant on the 2018 series of ITV’s I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!. She joined the likes of former footy manager Harry Redknapp, who won, and Emily Atack, in the jungle.
Anne recently admitted that producers are the ones who choose how much money they can offer contestants on The Chase. She told Metro: “I’m probably not supposed to tell you, so I’m telling you, it’s actually the producers.
“The message gets passed down to the floor, and that’s how we know what the offer is. We don’t actually make it up ourselves, but we have to pretend that we did!”.
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