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Chris Tarrant furious, Who Wants to be a Millionaire won by tourettes sufferer!

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Started 10 years ago by Sharpehunter
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Sharpehunter

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"What would you normally play football with?" asked the humorous and warm family viewing favourite Chris Tarrant. He was as surprised as the viewers when Mrs Sarah Agnew of Basingstoke kept shouting out 'Balls' at the top of her voice.

Even more surprisingly it emerged that she had selected the right answer even before the options were revealed. To the amazement of both Chris Tarrant, producers and the live audience Sarah went on to actually win the grand prize of £1million after answering the final question correctly "What was the surname of the 1950's German atomic spy who passed secrets to the USSR?" Sarah kept shouting 'F*cks' and after some consultation about the pronunciation the £1million pounds rained down on her like confetti. After correctly guessing that the answer was indeed Karl Fuchs.

After the amazing moment of elation Chris Tarrant asked Sarah how she felt about winning the Grand Prize, Sarah replied "Wipe my arse!" and promptly left the studio with every bank note stuffed up her jumper..

Posted 10 years ago #
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I met Chris Tarrant at a charity cricket match once. I said "hello." He said "Hi." Then I said "Is that your final answer?" Big mistake.

He came up to me and with his face about six inches from mine, said "Do you know you're the very first person who's ever said that to me" in a very menacing fashion.

When I got a safe distance away, I was going to wave my mobile at him and ask if he wanted to phone a friend. But thought better of it.

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Sharpehunter

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Probably a wise thing..

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nealdoran

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Ooh, you should have done Scroat.

Being the willing star of a massively successful TV show does unfortunately mean everyone knows who you are, and has something they want to say to you, which probably gets quite annoying. But on the upside it does pay quite well.

He should consider he gets paid 50 grand a year to host the show, and the rest of the millions of pounds to constantly put up with cheeky talk from strangers -- there are worse ways to make a living.

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simonjmr

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I bet if you had ignored him and failed to mention WWTBAM he would have gone to great pains to mention it to you. Coukd he be nominated for Celebrity TWAT of the year along with Caroline Quentin?

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Didn't Tarrant get into a bit of bother for lobbing a knife (or fork) in someone's face at an Indian restaurant a couple of years back?

I think 50 grand is a rather conservative guestimate at what he earns for doing the show.

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I met him a couple of years ago in a hotel lobby. I said to him, 'Your wife's plastic surgery hasn't gone too well. Her whole face has changed.' He said, 'That's not my wife.' I phoned the News of the World immediately.

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