ITV The Chase's Bradley Walsh issues blunt two-word response to player's dig

As ITV aired the last The Chase episode for the week on Friday, host Bradley Walsh was left astounded after a contestant made a thinly veiled dig towards him.

Karen from Northwich, Anna from Carmarthenshire, David from Whitley Bay and Tony from London took on Jenny Ryan, also known as The Vixen, in the hopes of taking home a big cash prize.

After contestant Anna finished her cash-builder round, the presenter said: "Put it there," as he held out his hand for a high five for the player. He then ushered his hand for another high five, before asking for a fist bump.

She clearly thought it was time to jump on Bradley's banter bandwagon as she went ahead and said "You're frail, I didn't wanna...". Clearly shocked by her comment, he jokingly quipped: "What do you mean I'm frail? Hop on," as he ushered her back to her seat.

As he continued with the next part of the show, he then decided to take a swipe at Jenny as he said: "I'll have to go and get some more Botox with The Vixen."

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Contestants Anna, David and Tony made it through to the final, in the hopes of winning £17,000 between them.

However, Jenny was too good for the trio and managed to beat them with 16 seconds to spare, leaving the players high and dry and heading home.

During yesterday's episode, viewers all seemed to have the same complaint about Bradley, 64.

Taking to X, formerly known as Twitter, one person shared a meme of a hand slamming down a mute button as they expressed: "#thechase Have to every show now for Brad."

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Another social media user fumed: "So the contestant is retired? Brad certainly kept that quiet #TheChase," while somebody else said: "Oh shut up Bradley, he looks his age. #thechase."

Yet another person who thought Bradley was talking too much exclaimed: "#thechase bl**dy hell Brad the show finishes at 6."

However, not everybody felt the same as a viewer praised the host's back and forth with Shaun, writing: "I love Shaun and Bradley's banter lol. #thechase."

The Chase airs weekdays from 5pm on ITV1 and ITVX.