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The Chase's Bradley Walsh's 'promise' to family as he makes 'slowing down' comment
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Bradley Walsh admitted that he had made a promise to his family to spend more time with them, as he addressed thoughts about slowing down.
In an interview with fellow actor Tommy Tiernan released in 2024, the ITV presenter talked about this career up until that point, his regrets, and the misconceptions the public have about people who work in TV.
He told Tommy initially that he felt, despite his success of as television presenter, he had missed his 'vocation' in life, and that he should have been a director instead.
Bradley explained: 'I've missed my vocation in life, that's what's happened. I've missed my vocation. I should have been a director.'
Reassured by Tommy that he still has time in life to pursue that career direction, The Chase presenter pushed back and stated that his age means he's unsure about how many active years he has left.
The 65-year-old said: 'I think, well I've got bags of energy, but I just think, now, age. There's a certain amount of time you've got to slow down as well. Maybe there is time, I don't know.
'You've got to promise your family to spend more time with them, take it easy, have some holidays and stuff like that.'
What's more, Bradley added that he disagreed with the 'workaholic' tag he's often given by people, explaining that actually, he spends most of the year off because of the compressed nature of productions.
He explained: 'The worst thing is, it's a very odd sort of tag, people give me. They say, 'You're such a workaholic'. I'm actually not.
'I'm not a workaholic because we cram everything in, as you well know. TV doesn't work like that. I will make a whole year's [worth] of Chases in 50 days, so I've got 310 days off. I'll make 10 Blankety Blanks in five days.
'I make a series of Gladiators in two weeks, I'm done. It's like 70 days, 80 days, I'm done, so I have all the time off. I had, just recently, I had 10 weeks of in Portugal, I didn't know what to do with myself.'
This isn't the first time Bradley has discussed his health and mortality in recent years, previously opening up about dealing with blepharitis that causes redness and swelling around the eyes.
What's more, he told The Sun that the death of his father Daniel at the age of 59 has had a profound impact on him, especially once he had surpassed that age himself.
He told the publication: 'I had a hang-up because my father, Daniel, died at the age of 59. I had it in the back of my mind that I just had to get past my dad's age.
'So turning 60 was a bit of a milestone. I was 33 when he passed away. I'd just done the Royal Variety Show performance which helped launch my career, but my dad died from heart failure two weeks after that and never got to see it.'
