Darragh Ennis addresses claim bosses tell him to ‘let contestants win’

Darragh Ennis, 43, used his Twitter platform to publicly address a viewer who accused him of “letting contestants win” from time to time. The Chase star explained that deliberately allowing contestants to win was considered “fraud” in a tweet shared in view of his 31,000 followers.

Commenting on Tuesday’s edition of the quiz show, Darragh initially wrote: “So close! Well played team on a bad final from me. #TheChase.”

To which Twitter user Mckinney_ruairi responded: “You obvs are told to let them win every once in a while no way you couldn’t get 18.” (Sic)

Darragh simply hit back: “That would be fraud.”

However, other social media users believed the Chaser’s loss was down to bad luck.

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Darragh posted a photo of himself participating in the action to show solidarity with the cause, while placards raised in the background read: “On strike to win back my pension.”

It was clearly a controversial topic, as he then hastily returned to Twitter to add an additional plea to followers not to fight with one another.

“I would ask that everyone on here be civil to those that don’t agree with the strikes,” he urged.

“Everyone is entitled to their own political stance and shouldn’t be abused for holding them. Let’s put the civil back into civil disobedience!”