“I still get asked to do dreadful things,” he complained. “The Masked Singer keeps coming up. I just think it’s a naff idea – ‘Tarrant slams Masked Singer!'”
“I don’t care,” he added. “It’s a naff idea. I can’t believe they make it.”
“And what’s next?” he asked. “You know, The Masked Chef? The Masked Knife Juggler? What else are they going to do?”
“So I said, ‘No thanks, I really don’t want to.'”
“And then my agent says, ‘Are you sure? And there’s this amount of money.’ And I go, ‘No, I really don’t’.”
Chris prefers a quieter life
Chris prefers fishing to TV. (Image: Splash News)
He went on to explain that, since quitting TV, he prefers fishing to the silver screen.
“I stopped very publicly a couple of years ago,” he said. “I just resigned, I thought, ‘I’ve had enough now.’
“And to be honest, I haven’t missed television studios at all. I spent 50 years on them and I’m thinking, ‘I’d rather be fishing or going somewhere nice with my old lady or my kids.’ I’ve had a brilliant time since I stopped.”
“I spent 50 years on them and I’m thinking, ‘I’d rather be fishing or going somewhere nice with my old lady or my kids.’ I’ve had a brilliant time since I stopped.”
Chris Tarrant on I’m A Celebrity
While his agent is keen, Chris remains adamant. (Image: Splash News)
He went on to add that, despite his partner’s encouragement, he’s not keen on participating in I’m A Celebrity either.
“I certainly don’t want to do I’m A Celebrity and every year they ask me,” he said. “Of course I don’t.”
“I’ve done OK and I just think, ‘I really don’t want to do that.’
“My Missus was saying to me things like, ‘Oh darling, it would reignite your career.’ The last thing I want to do is reignite my career! I’m trying to stop!”
“We were talking about it because I sleep rough fishing and stuff, so I could do a lot of that. I could do maggots and things.”
“I just couldn’t stand the people, I really couldn’t,” he concluded.
