Victoria Pendleton says twin’s tragic cancer death inspired new TV challenge
ok.co.ukThey’re used to living the high life, but the nine celebrities who signed up to this year’s Stand Up To Cancer challenge are facing their tallest order yet.
Host and team leader Paddy McGuinness took the brave celebs into the Austrian Alps to learn how to high wire walk, and face a series of vertigo-inducing tasks to prepare them for one final challenge – to wire walk 90 metres above one of London’s most iconic landmarks. “Some people have really struggled and there were lots of tears,” says Paddy. “But they’re a really good group and everyone’s really supportive of each other.” Taking on the challenge are Corrie star Beverley Callard, footballer Anton Ferdinand, Pussycat Doll Kimberly Wyatt, Love Islander Chris Hughes, French soccer legend David Ginola, adventurer Charley Boorman, TikTok star GK Barry (Grace), comedian Fats Timbo and Olympic champion cyclist Victoria Pendleton. “The first day of training, we were all so terrible!” reveals Victoria. “We were all wobbling around, falling off.
We even said, ‘Have they decided to make a TV show that’s totally impossible?’ “I battled with it for a few days, but Fats and Charley picked it up really quickly.Then one moment it clicked.
For me, it was getting the technical element – the heights didn’t hold me back.” All the celebrities insist they wouldn’t have signed up for the show if it wasn’t for such a good cause, and all of them have been affected by cancer in one way or another. “I had cancer when I was 32,” explains Beverley. “A friend died of cancer a few years ago, she died in my arms.
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