Beat The Chasers returned in style last night (Saturday, March 27) and Mark Labbett immediately clarified why he ‘punched’ Jenny Ryan after a tense chase.
Mark, 55, took to social media after he was seen jabbing Jenny Ryan in the arm on the quiz show immediately after former Olympic-winning athlete Christine Ohuruogu beat the chasers to win £30k.
And he said he was getting her back after an incident earlier in the year.
What happened on Beat The Chasers with Mark Labbett?
The five Chasers – including, for the first time, Darragh Ennis – took on five celebs in the show’s first-ever star-studded special.
The likes of Joe Pasquale, Katherine Ryan, Radzi Chinyanganya and Shaun Williamson all took part.
However, it was during Christine Ohuruogu’s chase that tensions boiled over.
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Taking on four Chasers to win £30k, during one question Darragh buzzed in but Jenny answered.
The answer was deemed void, and Christine went on to win the cash for her charity.
However, Mark was not happy – mock punching Jenny and saying: “Before we go any further, I’ve got something to do… WRONG PERSON ANSWER! And wrong person answers kill you!”
#BeatTheChasers for those who wondered why I punched @jenlion on the arm, it was karma for her punching @paulsinha in same situation last series 🙂
— Mark Labbett (@MarkLabbett) March 27, 2021
What did Mark say about it?
Mark soon took to Twitter to explain his actions.
He wrote: “#BeatTheChasers for those who wondered why I punched @jenlion on the arm, it was karma for punching @paulsinha in the same situation last series.”
In that second series – aired earlier in January – Jenny hit Paul after got a question wrong.
Just returned from shoulder surgery.
Paul joked on Twitter after the incident: “Just returned from shoulder surgery.
“What did I miss?”
How did viewers react?
The incident didn’t go unmissed by viewers.
One viewer wrote on Twitter: “Mark just punched Jenny!” followed by two surprised emojis.
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Another said: “@jenlion hope your arm’s OK after Mark gave you that punch on #beatthechasers tonight, after that wrong person answer.
“Can’t believe he did that to you.”
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