Anne Hegerty has brushed off any suggestion of a romance with her The Chase co-star Mark Labbett, 55, saying she ‘doesn’t do younger men’.
The quiz star, 63, had appeared to take a lingering look at Mark, 55, as he stripped down to his swimming shorts during a recent episode of The Chasers Road Trip.
However she has insisted that there’s no chance of a spark, telling The Sun: ‘I always say we’re not each other’s type and I don’t do younger men.’
Not happening: Anne Hegerty has brushed off any suggestion of a romance with her The Chase co-star Mark Labbett, 55, saying she ‘doesn’t do younger men’
Anne also addressed the moment on the show, saying it was created in the editing lounge and she never really looked at Mark in his bathers.
She explained: ‘Mark was not actually doing that at that time. Editors are wicked. Producers just like to do that sort of thing.
‘I laughed and then I rolled my eyes and thought, “For God sake, now everyone’s going to think I have a crush on Mark”.’
In the cheeky scene from the show, Anne was seen sitting on a porch as she got a text which asked if she was ‘enjoying the view’.
Cheeky moment: The quiz pro, 63, had appeared to be taking a lingering look at Mark, 55, as he stripped down to his swimming shorts on spin-off show The Chasers Road Trip in Miami
Anne then looked over her shoulder towards the beach as Mark stepped out of the water in his trunks.
Perfectly timed, Anne could then be heard answering ‘yeah’ as she turned back around to continue reading the message.
Anne also revealed she didn’t pay any attention to co-star Shaun Wallace as he walked around in a pair of tight budgie smugglers.
She put not noticing down to ‘just being used to not looking at the boys’ during her interview with the publication.
Co-stars: Anne filmed the spin-off show with Mark and Shaun in Miami (pictured Mark Labbett, Anne Hegerty, Paul Sinha, Bradley Walsh, Jenny Ryan and Shaun Wallace on the hit ITV show)
Mark was previously married to his second cousin Katie, 28, however they split last year. Anne is godmother to their four-year-old son.
It comes after Anne shed light on how her autism has stopped her from finding love.
In an exclusive clip from her spin-off series The Chasers Road Trip, the presenter revealed the longest relationship she’s ever had was four months, and ended as she ‘wasn’t good’ at providing him with the right amount of attention.
Anne went on to joke that she’s ‘basically a Cyborg’ after learning that she has an emotional intelligence level of just 1 per cent.
Challenges: It comes after Anne shed light on how her autism has stopped her from finding love and revealed the longest relationship she’s ever had was four months
She said: ‘One of the things that really goes along with autism is that I really can’t hold down relationships. I’ve tried. My longest relationship was four months and that only lasted that long because he lived in Brighton and I lived in Manchester.
‘He was a lovely bloke but I’m just good with the sort of amount of attention that people need.’
In the clip, Anne, Mark and Shaun also did a test to find out their level of emotional intelligence (EQ), with narrator Rob Brydon explaining 90% of people have a higher percentage.
After completing to test Anne learned she has an EQ level of just 1 per cent, and joked: ‘Basically I am a cyborg.’
The Chasers Road Trip sees Anne, Mark and Shaun travel the globe to take on child geniuses, great apes, and the latest AI and robot technology.
Development: In the clip Anne and her Chasers co-stars also complete a test to discover their level of emotional intelligence (EQ)