The Chase's Darragh Ennis admits ‘I could be arrested' for kind gesture on show

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Darragh Ennis says it would be "a literal arrestable crime" if he let contestants win in the final round on The Chase. The ITV show features four contestants who take part in a minimum of two rounds to build a prize fund for the team.
Those lucky enough to get through to the final round work together to answer as many questions as possible.
The Chaser then has two minutes to try to beat their total, and if this is a success, their prize fund is erased.
If time runs out before the Chaser catches them however, they share the prize fund equally.
Darragh, 44, is one of the six Chasers, alongside; Mark Labbett aka The Beast, Jenny Ryan aka The Vixen, Anne Hegerty aka The Governess, Shaun Wallace aka The Dark Destroyer, and Paul Sinha, aka The Sinnerman.
As for Darragh, who is known on the show as The Menace, he was previously a contestant before joining the line-up of quizmasters in 2020.
The Irish Chaser admitted he signed up to the programme at a time when he was struggling with money and paying off credit card debt.
While many would think he has more sympathy for the contestants given his background, Darragh said this isn't the case.
He joked: "No, I want to crush their dreams." Speaking on the Guestimators podcast, he added that he "absolutely" tries his best to "go in for the kill".
"What people don't realise is it would be a crime, a literal arrestable crime, for me to let them off because those winnings are tax free," he shared.
"And if there's one person who will come after you, it's the tax man and it would be morally wrong, and it would make terrible television. But yeah, it would literally be a crime, I could be arrested."
Darragh's journey on the show began in 2017, when he and his team faced Paul.
He earned an impressive £9,000 in his cash builder round and made it through to the final.
Out of his team, he was the only one to select what he earned in the second round, while the others took the Chaser's lower offer.
The final prize fund ended up being a total of £6,300, giving each contestant £1,575 when the team successfully beat Paul.
Speaking on Loose Women earlier this year, Darragh said he flagged a problem with a question during his time on the show, and believes this helped him secure the job.
"I did really well, I answered a lot of questions, but I'm also very, very calm on camera," he said of his experience.
"I naturally don't get stage fright, because I think a large part of me doesn't care what other people think about me. So a lot of people who would be better at quizzes than me would freeze, whereas I didn't.
"It didn't make the edit on the show but there was a problem with one of the questions, and I raised the problem while I was a contestant, and I think that might have slightly flagged things up. But I'm just really glad they did [hire me]."