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The Chase's Anne Hegerty takes 'swipe' at new chaser Darragh Ennis in pay row


The Chase star Anne Hegerty has taken a swipe at her colleagues including the newest addition to the show’s fold.

Anne was discussing the way pay is split and said new viewers were “absolutely fascinated” by chaser Darragh Ennis, who joined the show recently.

She also credited the huge boost in viewers to Darragh, who first appeared as a contestant in 2017.

But she hinted at tension due to the fact there is only one chaser per episode, meaning each star now gets less airtime.

Lewis Nicholls asked Anne on his YouTube show : “Are you in support of another chaser on the show?”




Hesitant, Anne replied: “Um, this is a tricky one because a lot of the people, because a lot of the public imagine that we are on the same sort of deal that Hollywood stars were on the 1930s.

“They got paid a salary per month, per year, they were salaried employees at the studio, and the studio  would find them things to do.

“That isn’t how it works, the chasers and Bradley Walsh, we get paid a flat fee for every show that we do.




“So any show that I am doing is a show I am paid for, and the other chasers aren’t, and that applies to all of us.

“If you are going to divide the shows between six, rather than five, do the maths.

“And it’s excellent if it means we are going to get a better order of shows, then everyone’s money goes up.

“The problem is that Bradley, because he is so in demand and so good, he’s so superb at everything he does and he can do so many different things.



“There’s about ten other things he’s doing,” she added, explaining Bradley often has to cancel filming The Chase due to other work commitments.

“So then we are not working, and you throw in a global pandemic, and last year because Bradley was still doing doctor who, we only recorded about 93 shows, and we should have recorded twice as many.

“This year we were hoping to make up for it and film 160, 150 to make up for it, and that didn’t happen.

“So we hope we will catch up in the spring, but it all depends on whether Bradley is available, it depends on whether one of these vaccines works out. “





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