Comedian Nick Hancock has said he feels a “great deal of responsibility and shame” for his “bullying” of Manchester United footballer Luke Chadwick when he was host of BBC One panel show They Think It’s All Over.
Hancock presented the show, which ran from 1995 to 2006, while Gary Lineker and David Gower were team captains up until 2003.
Speaking to The Athletic this weekend, Chadwick opened up on the mental health issues he suffered as a result of jokes about his appearance on They Think It’s All Over.
The former winger, who was with United from 1999 to 2004, spoke further about the issue on BBC Breakfast this morning.“I became a picture of fun on most episodes,” he said.
“That was probably the hardest thing because that was such a popular TV show it sort of intensified and magnified (it). That’s what I was seen as by everyone off the back of that show.
