The Chase brought to screeching halt by Bradley Walsh as Chaser makes VERY surprising confession live on-air

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A recent episode of The Chase was brought to a screeching halt by presenter Bradley Walsh as one of the Chasers made a very surprising confession live on-air.
Thursday's instalment of the ITV quiz show saw the host welcome contestants Mark, Izzie, James and Annie to take on the trivia questions in pursuit of a cash prize.
They went head to head with Chaser Jenny Ryan, also known as the Vixen.
Mature student Mark, of Solihull, got off to a solid start by raising £7,000 in his individual cash builder round - before making it through the final.
Next up was Izzie, who raised a similarly impressive £5,000 - and it was during her round Chaser Jenny made her baffling admission, the Express reports.
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Playing for the middle cash offer, Bradley asked the two women: 'What is the subject of the 2020 Netflix documentary series High Score?'
Both women confidently answered correctly, 'Video games', about the six-part programme featuring interviews with creators of early computer games.
After saying, 'She's going to get this of course, video gamer herself', Bradley asked Jenny: 'What's the highest score you've ever got on a video game?'
She said she was unsure exactly but agreed with the host she has reached some pretty large numbers over the years: 'You can get ridiculously high scores on the kind of games I play, like Lego Avengers.'
The Vixen, chuckling, was about to explain more about one of her scores on the video game, featuring Lego figurine versions of the Marvel superheroes - before Bradley interjected.
'Hold the line', he said, 'Did you just say Lego adventures?'
Jenny corrected him, clarifying what the nature of the game really was - which the presenter was seemingly unwilling to let slide.
He teased, to laughter from the quizzing legend: 'What about other ones that adults play? What about things like Minecraft and Fortnite and that sort of stuff?'
She was bemused Bradley thought those were adult games, saying: 'That adults play?'
Jenny then added: 'All games are adult and potentially child-friendly games.'
Izzie's round soon continued as normal - but it was not long before she was sadly caught out by Jenny and eliminated from the competition.
Secondary school teacher James then raised £4,000 in his cash builder - before opting to aim for the highest offer of £40,000 when going up against the Chaser.
But he was too, sadly, caught out, before final contestant Annie stepped up to the plate, hoping to earn some cash for a new engagement ring after she lost the one her partner bought her more than 45 years ago.
After raising an amazing £8,000 in the cash builder, she made it through to the final, where she joined fellow player Mark.
Their joint efforts saw them competing to win £15,000 in the final - and they got extremely close to victory.
The Vixen did not start out well during the final chase, having answered only three questions correctly in 55 seconds.
But she managed to beat the contestants with only three seconds left on the clock.
After the game finished, Jenny said: 'I have astonished myself that I managed to catch you. As you saw, I struggled to build a rhythm.'
It comes after The Chase fans took to social media to share their fury over allegedly 'fixed' questions while watching Wednesday's episode of the ITV show.
Michael, Francine, Amy and Jamie took to screens to take on Mark Labbett aka The Beast in a bid to win a cash prize.
Mark joined The Chase in 2009 - but before starring in the programme, he had a very different job as a supply PE and mathematics teacher in Wales.
In the latest general knowledge contest, viewers claimed the questions being asked were very much geared towards his expertise, leaving contestants with a difficult battle.
Host Bradley Walsh first asked: 'The International Medal for Outstanding Discoveries in Mathematics is more commonly known as what?'
To which Francine said: 'He knows this doesn't he?'
'Of course he does, he's a mathematician,' Bradley replied.
Moments later, he asked a sports related question which said: 'Which Middle Eastern country played in 2021 Rugby League World Cup?'
And again, Mark knew the answer straight away as Francine confessed: 'Not a clue.'
Unfortunately, she answered incorrectly and was booted out of the competition, while Mark got the correct answer - Lebanon.
Many rushed to X, formerly known as Twitter, to share their frustration over what questions that she had to answer.