Anita Rani recently revealed she hasn't yet turned to Who Wants To A Millionaire? host Jeremy Clarkson for advice.Confident in her own abilities, the 44-year-old Countryfile star told The Daily Star exclusively: "I haven’t caught up with him, but I like his farming show."It comes as Anita calls on TV bosses to give more women jobs presenting quiz shows after University Challenge hired Amol Rajan last week to replace Jeremy Paxman.A sexism row erupted after it was reported Paxman’s understudies Emma Barnett, 37, and Samira Ahmed, 54, were promised auditions which failed to materialise.She says: “These opportunities don’t come around very often.
I’ve wanted to do a quiz for ages.“Something as iconic as Millionaire, the same brand, deciding to do an offshoot is a dream come true.“And how many women present quiz shows?
I don’t know why it’s taken so long.But straight-talking former Strictly semi-finalist Anita has no plans to go down the cheesy catchphrase route.She adds: “I was like, ‘I’ve got a quiz show, what am I going to do – wink?’ The wink is gone.”This is a live TV story and is being constantly updated.
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