ITV's The Chase star Paul Sinha admits he blocked £15k charity win

04 December 2023 , 18:34

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ITV's The Chase star Paul Sinha admits he blocked £15k charity win

One of the stars of ITV's The Chase has revealed that even when a contestant is playing for charity, they will still try and prevent them from taking home prize money.

Paul Sinha, who has starred on The Chase since 2011, revealed that "a quiz is a quiz", and nothing will stop him from winning as he confessed to blocking a celebrity from winning £15k for charity Parkinson's UK. Despite Sinha himself being open about his experience of Parkinson's, it didn't stop the quiz guru from preventing a win for journalist and broadcaster Rachel Johnston when the pair went head to head on the ITV gameshow.

Paul Sinha revealed he blocked a £15k celebrity win for Parkinson's UK (ITV)

Writing on X/Twitter, Sinha wrote: "People who ask us if the Chasers play as hard when we're doing the Celeb shows - with 2 seconds to go, I once prevented Rachel Johnson from winning 15k for Parkinson's UK. A quiz is a quiz."

The tweet has since been met with responses from fans, including some praising the star for blocking the journalist, with one replying: "Stopping Rachel Johnson is always a good thing. I hope karma delivers £15k to Parkinson’s UK by another route." Another echoed their thoughts as they added: "Im amused greatly by this but gotta admit, i woulda likely donated the money myself quietly after the show". A third added: "There's nothing in the world, nothing I tells ya, like a quiz for revealing a person's hidden competitive spirit." A fourth shared: "top mentality bro".

Paul Sinha revealed the Chasers don't go easy when it's for charity, as he claimed "a quiz is a quiz"

Whilst blocking the win for Parkinson's UK meant he could stay true to his competitive spirit, Sinha has always praised the charity especially after he was diagnosed with Parkinson's in 2019. The 53-year-old was diagnosed with the degenerative neurological disorder in May 2019 and has been open about his experiences with it, whilst helping to raise awareness of the disease.

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The TV star has previously spoken about his experience of the condition has left him 'much more dependent' on his husband Oliver than before. Earlier this year, he paid tribute to Oliver while appearing on Loose Women.

Paul Sinha has opened up about his experience of Parkinson's, after being diagnosed in 2019

Speaking to the panel, he said: "Parkinson's Awareness week, what we really want to get out there is that people present in different ways, don't stick with the stereotypes of what we have. The most difficult thing for me today was actually putting this shirt on.

"I have to wake up, find the shirt and then wake Oliver up and say put the shirt on for me. You can see that I am sitting here with my right hand not moving much, that's its default state. Everything you usually take for granted just takes longer."

Niamh Spence