Paddy McGuinness has pledged to get a tattoo of his Chopper bike if the total raised for Children in Need passes the £10million mark.
The TV star, who cycled 300 miles on the yellow kids’ bike - nicknamed Patch - for his Endurance Challenge, was staggered to learn this morning that his total is now £9.25million.
Speaking to Zoe Ball on her Radio 2 Breakfast Show he said: “If we together get to £10million on this challenge, I’m getting Patch tattooed.
“I just thought of it - I’m already regretting saying that,” he admitted, laughing: “I’m off to Google tattoo artists.”
The total is likely to soar when viewers watch the agony he went through during his five days on the road, from Wrexham in Wales to Glasgow in Scotland.
All the action was captured for documentary Paddy: The Ride of My Life, which airs at 8pm tomorrow on BBC1.
He said his own kids, twins Leo and Penelope, 11, and eight-year-old daughter Felicity, had been thrilled by his achievement, but admitted their delight had “lasted 10 minutes” before family life resumed as normal.
Paddy said his buttocks had yet to return to normal. “It (your bum) goes numb, I’m getting the sensation back,” he laughed.
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BBC)Speaking to Zoe Ball on the R2 Breakfast Show he said: “Everything is a little bit broken, in my head it’s all a bit fuzzy.”
Now he is hoping that Radio 2 bosses can make extra cash for the charity by selling off the three-gear bike that carried him round the challenge. He wants them to organise a raffle, rather than an auction, so everyone has an equal chance of getting their hands on it, regardless of wealth.
He said that reaching the end of the challenge on Friday, having broken down in tears many times during it, was one of the best moments of his life.
He was greeted in Glasgow by family members Tony and Lorraine, by singer Chesney Hawkes - who flew in from his holiday to sing The One and Only - and fellow pop star Tom Grennan. “You can’t take it in,” Paddy marvelled. “It were amazing.”
Viewers saw him sob when he passed the £1million mark during the week, and again when he received letters of encouragement from his own kids. Along the way there were also tears from Zoe, who spoke to him almost every day to chart his progress for Radio 2, and from Vernon Kay, who understands his pain more than most having done the challenge himself last year, raising more than £6million.
The amount raised for charity by Paddy, 51, was given a huge boost when Scottish businessman Sir Tom Hunter pledged to match pound-for-pound the money raised after Wednesday, up to £3million.
Prior to starting the race he said he didn’t want to set a target for how much he could raise, because every penny counted. “I think every nickel makes a muckle, you know what I mean? I'm just grateful that anyone gives anything.”
He said he knew it was going to be emotional but that was OK. “I get weepy in the training on my own Nicola,” he laughed. “I don't need anyone to add to that. Trust me, I'm in tears every day when I'm on that bike.”
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