Jenny Ryan Quotes

Jenny Ryan

Profession : Celebrity

Birth : April 2, 1982

I'm really proud to be from Bolton. Population-wise it's the biggest town in Europe but you feel you live in a village - you'll always find yourself beside someone you went to school with.

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I took my sister to an ITV event once and it was good to see everything through her eyes as I had perhaps become slightly jaded.

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I have to put my outfit on in the same order. It's sort of a superstition. The last thing I put on is the glasses.

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I get quite a lot of people chatting to me online. Some of the messages do take me by surprise. They can be flattering.

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I could read from the age of three, and I used to love watching quiz shows with my grandad, especially 'Fifteen To One' on Channel 4.

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It isn't too bad for me as when I don't have a beehive, I can go incognito in my scruffs.

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Quizzing is a family hobby - before I was born my granddad, mum, auntie and uncle were into quizzing.

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I'm a professional crusher of dreams.

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One of my previous incarnations is as a question writer, so I'd worked on shows like 'The Weakest Link' and a couple of very short-lived ITV series.

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Yeah, I was expecting most of the comments about my appearance to be about me being fat, because I'm not a skinny girl by any means. But I wasn't expecting there to be that sort of wave of 'Wow - the new Chaser's hot!'

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It's a better boost to my ego that people are commenting positively on my appearance than negatively.

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And when they brought me in for the first ever episode of 'The Chase,' they still hadn't figured out the format so I was helping them to play test it and then come up with the right standard of questions. So it's my fault they can be really tough!

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I'd always been the genius of the family.

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Music really helps - singing is huge because it releases all the endorphins and gives me a real thrill. But I still have bad days.

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I was miserable at uni. There were months at a time when I wouldn't leave the house unless it was to buy food. I lost a lot of friendships. I later lost jobs because of my mental health.

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It knocks me for a six when someone online asks me on a date.

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I get a lot of people asking if my hair is a wig because it is in an elaborate style. I assure them it is all my own.

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The Vixen character is not quite me. A part of that is putting up this huge front of being strong, impenetrable, really tough and a little bit condescending.

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I remember us all playing Trivial Pursuit at home and my granddad was a member of a local quiz leagues. When I was old enough, I joined the Bolton leagues.

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Being a Chaser you are not supposed to show any vulnerability.

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