People have been accusing The Chase of being fixed for ages now.
Most recently viewers claimed that Paul Sinha (aka The Sinnerman) deliberately threw a game, allowing players with a particularly low score of 16 to walk away with £46,000.
Now Mark Labbett (aka The Beast) has spoken out, defending the show against accusations that it’s rigged.
Speaking to the Daily Express, Labbett said: “I have never thrown a question, let alone a show and would happily be strapped up to one of Jeremy Kyle’s lie detectors.”
“Social media is great for people’s immediate gut reactions but not for a more considered opinion. My guess is that people get caught up in the excitement of the final chase and it boils over.”
Judging by the number of tweets accusing The Chase of being fixed, people are having immediate gut reactions pretty regularly.
#thechase is so fixed it's terrible 😂😂😂
— El (@ellizum) January 6, 2017
The chase is 100 percent fixed
— Callum Mould (@CallumMould99) January 19, 2017
https://twitter.com/shannyleigh17/status/821415253271609344
Convinced the Chase is fixed the more I watch it, and I watch it a lot.
— @geoffk (@GeoffKennah) January 12, 2017
However, the show does have its defenders.
I can tell U 100% @itv #TheChase is NOT fixed! Those chasers are MEGA competitive – they sweat blood to the wire and are DETERMINED to win!
— Jaci Stephen (@welshjaci) February 1, 2017
the show isn't fixed sofiane I hate to lose I really do I just took too long over one question
— Shaun Wallace – The Dark Destroyer – the Chase (@TheShaunWallace) September 18, 2016
Okay, so Shaun Wallace is on The Chase, he kind of has to defend it.
