Anne Hegerty reveals she was replaced night before Beat The Chasers filmed

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Anne Hegerty has revealed her Beat The Chasers replacement flew over the night before filming after she tested positive for Covid.The Chase star took to the BAFTAs red carpet and spoke exclusively to Daily Star about why her Australian colleague, Issa Schultz, had accompanied her.The 63-year-old said: "The reason why he’s here is because Beat The Chasers starts a week tomorrow, May 16, and the week before we were filming I tested positive."She explained that Issa, who's been doing The Chase Australia since 2015, was born in Cornwall which means he doesn't need a visa to get into England.Anne quipped: "They rung him at midnight and said ‘you’re on the plane in the morning’."So I’m missing from the next one and Issa will be in."Issa, 38, confessed that he feels incredibly lucky to be a part of the show in both countries and revealed that Anne was more than happy to let him take her place.The television quiz personality said: "We do Beat The Chasers in Australia as well so I fell very lucky to do both versions, thanks to someone getting Covid."But she's such a wonderful woman and was so happy to step aside." The Governess admitted that she wants to make sure her Aussie colleague is well looked after as she chimed: "I kept messaging the producer saying ‘make sure his hotel is booked from the night before so he can get some sleep'."During the exclusive chat, Anne made the surprising revelation that she doesn't take part in pub quizzes because "top quizzers" are sometimes not that great at quizzes.She admitted: "We do league quizzes as part of a team anyway."By and large I don’t, partially because, actually, a lot of top quizzers are not that good at quizzes."The I'm A Celeb star added: "You know, we have things like picture.