The Chase star Anne Hegerty has admitted she and her fellow Chasers are concerned for co-star Paul Sinha and his on-going health battle.
Former I'm A Celebrity contestant Anne, best known to millions of viewers as formidable quiz opponent The Governess, is back on screen with her fellow brainboxes this week for a new series of Beat The Chasers.
The show sees individuals attempt to win big against a full lineup of Chasers including The Governess as well as The Beast, The Vixen, The Dark Destroyer and The Sinnerman.
And, appearing on Loose Women on Wednesday, Anne revealed she is especially close to The Beast, real name Mark Labbett, telling the panel: "We do speak at least a couple of times a week, we are just good mates,
"I am godmother to his kid, if one of us is upset about something, the other one will sort of check in and say, ‘Are you okay?’
"We’re very sort of mutually supportive but there is a sense in which all the Chasers are very mutually supportive."
And it was then that Anne admitted the Chasers' shared concern for Paul, who revealed he'd been diagnosed with Parkinson's in 2019, saying: "We are concerned about Paul’s health, for example, and making sure everyone is okay."
Announcing his diagnosis in June 2019, Paul tweeted: "I have Parkinson's disease. I will fight this with every breath I have."
He linked to his candid personal blog on Parkinson's, in which he wrote: "“I have an amazing family, no strangers to serious medical illness, I’m blessed to have a fiance who is there for me, and I have a multitude of friends and colleagues whom I consider to be exceptional human beings.
"I don’t consider myself unlucky, and whatever the next stage of my life holds for me, many others have it far worse.”
