THE Chase star Paul "The Sinnerman" Sinha was forced to apologise after insulting a contestant about his quizzing abilities.
It came as theatre actor and film producer Ben, from Yorkshire, took to the ITV gameshow and was dubbed a "quiz charlatan" by the Chaser.
In the initial quick-fire round, Ben struggled but came to the table to face Paul with a respectable £5,000 in prize money. Wanting to get back to his team mates on the panel, Ben took the minus offer from Paul, which would knock £2,000 off their accumulated total.
Despite being one step closer to home, Ben continued to struggle and made more guesses in order to scrap through the round. It was then Paul made the scathing remark, saying: "I'll be honest here, I think Ben is a guesser.
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