THE Chase’s Darragh Ennis has broken his silence on his show ‘disappearance’ which left fans concerned.
The Chaser – nicknamed ‘The Menace’ – has been part of the show since November 2020.
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Darragh has been part of the show and its spin-off Beat The Chasers since November 2020Rex
He took the total of Chasers up to six alongside Mark Labbett, Shaun Wallace, Anne Hegerty, Jenny Ryan and Paul Sinha.
However, earlier this year, The Chase fans were worried that Darragh had ‘disappeared’ from the show after he was missing from a number of episodes.
But speaking exclusively to The Sun Online, Darragh explained it’s all down to the TV schedules, and he isn’t going anywhere any time soon.
He said: “So whenever we have repeats, because we’re not at the point of repeating the shows that I was on – they’re going back to older shows – people keep thinking I’ve been sacked or whatever.
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“And it’s like ‘No, I’m not I’m still on the show.’ And because there’s six of us now it means that one of us doesn’t appear on any given week.
“Sometimes we have twice a week but it’s kind of rare. So you could have over two weeks before you appear and people think ‘Oh, it’s been forever’.”
He continued: “So if you appear on a Monday one week and Friday the next, they’re like ‘They’re gone’ and it’s like ‘No, it’s scheduling.’.”
Back in April, fans took to Twitter to lament his absence from the show, with one writing: “I miss The Menace! Where is he? #TheChase.”
Another posted: “Has Darragh completely disappeared? I haven’t seen him on #TheChase in ages.”
A third said: “P***ed off it’s not Darragh though #thechase.”
“Come on, Chase peeps…. where is Darragh? #TheChase,” a fourth echoed.
Someone else tweeted: “WE WANT DARRAGH #thechase.”
The Chase airs on ITV1 and is available on ITVX.