Anne Hegerty: ‘Can’t unsee it’ The Chase star responds to Newcastle fan lookalike claims
ANNE HEGERTY, whose best known as The Governess on The Chase, sent Twitter into a frenzy as she replied to a fan’s post who thought they had captured her celebrating Newcastle’s win against Leicester City on Friday night.
Anne Hegerty wishes fan a 'simply splendid' birthday
One Twitter user uploaded a photo of football fans celebrating in the away stand at the King Power Stadium, which ended in a 1-0 victory for Newcastle.
It showed one shirtless fan waving around their top as they cheered on the Magpies, who they claimed bared a striking resemblance to Anne Hegerty.
The Twitter user said: “Anne Hegerty just doesn't give a f**k, fair play.”
The 60-year-old Chase star spotted the upload and replied to it in good spirits.
I would just like to confirm that this is NOT me
She responded: “I would just like to confirm that this is NOT me…”
Her witty remark was liked by more than 38,000 Twitter fans who found her reply hilarious.
One person said: “I can't unsee this.”
To which Anne joked: “YOU can’t unsee it? How do you think I feel?”
Meanwhile, Anne surprised a fan last week by recording a special video message.
The Chase favourite made someone’s dream come true as she wished happy birthday to a fan named Russell.
She said in the sweet clip: “Hello Russell, it’s The Governess here, I do hope your 29th birthday is simply splendid.
Anne added: “Don’t eat too much cake!”
Russell was clearly overjoyed with the message, sharing the video on Twitter.
He tweeted: “I cannot cope that the absolute icon @anne_hegerty wished me a happy birthday. Thank you so much.”
In spite of the sweet gesture, Anne felt it was necessary to explain her appearance in the clip to her 120,000 followers.
The quizzer shared am insight into her connection to the fan, revealing that he knows her niece.
She added: “And, before you all start asking me...
Russell has a friend who works with my niece. So that's why.”
The Chase airs at 5pm on ITV weekdays.