The Chase star Anne Hegerty, often known as The Governess, has opened up about how a lot the favored chasers are paid and why she would not desire a new one to affix the crew.
Anne Hegerty has make clear the fee construction for the Chasers on the hit quiz present, explaining that there is no mounted wage concerned and their earnings usually are not assured.
Chatting with the Mirror on the TV Alternative Awards final week, Anne, who boasts an estimated internet price of £3.2 million, shared that she and her fellow Chasers aren’t too eager on the thought of a brand new addition to their group within the close to future.
The reason is that they are paid per episode, which suggests a brand new Chaser would imply the present funds must be unfold even thinner.
The I am A Movie star star went into element: “We’re paid per present, so we’re not on a wage. It is not as if they’ll up the funds and add a brand new wage, a brand new chaser would simply imply the identical variety of reveals shared between extra individuals – so much less cash for everybody. So, hope not!”
Regardless of the danger of decreased revenue with the arrival of a brand new Chaser, Anne expressed no sick emotions in direction of Darragh Ennis, who joined the crew in 2020, ten years after Anne first appeared. “You already know, Darragh has been an excellent new addition, he is very fashionable, and that is worthwhile,” she mentioned.
Anne additionally opened up about her off-screen camaraderie along with her fellow quizzing giants. Regardless of their aggressive nature throughout the present, Anne confirmed that they get alongside nicely behind the scenes, studies Bristol Reside.
She added: “We all know one another, and positively on Beat the Chasers we have a tendency to hang around loads, as a result of we’re all there on the similar time,” revealing the pleasant dynamics among the many forged.
Regardless of not incomes an everyday wage from her appearances on The Chase, the monetary triumph of her firm, Frosty Knickers Ltd, is obvious, with studies in August 2023 revealing a hefty £807,000 sitting within the financial institution. But Anne shouldn’t be one to frivolously spend her earnings.
In a dialogue about her expenditure habits final yr, she quipped: “I am half Scottish. We do not spend cash and, being a fats individual, I can solely purchase from sure locations.”
She added humorously. “I like my cash sitting in my financial institution and representing a little bit of safety. I do not see the purpose in sloshing cash round. I am not frugal, I might truly say I am imply.”
Earlier than discovering fame on tv, Anne confronted difficult instances as a journalist, recounting how she was “getting increasingly swamped by admin and shedding extra work”.
However, this thrifty particular person does take pleasure in some luxuries, choosing firstclass and enterprise flights, and permitting herself the pleasures of ‘Membership Med’ throughout her travels.
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