The Chase: Why is Mark Labbett called The Beast? You WON'T believe this
THE CHASE star Mark Labbett is better known as The Beast by fans of the ITV game show but you won’t believe why he’s been given that nickname.
The Chase: Why is Mark Labbett called The Beast? You WON'T believe this
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The 52-year-old, who regularly wows viewers with his general knowledge on The Chase, seems to have earned his moniker due to his surname.
Mark took up his role on The Chase in 2009 and has been a firm favourite ever since.
He has also appeared on the American version of the television quiz show as their sole chaser in 2013.
The Beast is named that because in French, la bête, which is very similar to Labbett, means beast.
The Chase: Mark Labbett stars on the ITV game show as The Beast
The Chase: Mark's surname translates to beast in french
Last year, Mark revealed that he had been diagnosed with a life-changing health condition during an appearance on Loose Women.
Speaking as part of the show’s Men’s Bodies Stories campaign, he told how he had been diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes.
He told the panel: “Those who’ve got diabetes know there’s actually several indicators.
The Chase: Mark recently opened up on having Type 2 diabetes
“They check for cholesterol, blood sugar, weight is one of them. And my indicators are all quite comfortably in the yellow zone with one big one in the red zone: my BMI.”
Mark went on to add: “In some sense it made it easier, just no arguments now. I’ve enjoyed being this heavy, I always used to say I’ve got away with it. Well, now I haven’t so the weight’s coming off.”
The quiz master, who is originally from Devon, married his wife Katie in 2014, who he recently revealed is his second cousin.
The Chase: Mark married his second cousin Katie in 2014
However, the pair admitted they had no idea they were related when they fell for one another.
“It wasn’t something we were aware of at the time its just one of those things that happened,” he explained on Loose Women.
The Chase airs weekdays on ITV at 5pm.