Paul Sinha reveals When he will Quit ITV’s ‘The Chase’

Paul Sinha opened up about his future on ITV’s The Chase after being diagnosed with Parkinson’s aged 49.

Nicknamed The Sinnerman, the popular quizzer has been on the show since 2011.

Paul has now revealed that he will quit the show if his Parkinson’s begins to impact his quizzing performance on the show.

He said: “If it ever did, I’d point it out to the producers.

“I know that one day that point will come, and I don’t want to be a burden on the show.”

Paul was diagnosed with the condition in 2019 and he previously expressed his fear that it will rob him of his quizzing skills, saying “my brain is my job”.

He said he wants to remain upbeat and positive as he battles the disease.

On Loose Women, he said: “I refuse to live in the future. I only want to live in the present and enjoy the present.

“Because I don’t know what my future is. I don’t have the time scale and I don’t know when I’m going to start deteriorating.”

Parkinson’s disease is a condition where parts of the brain become progressively damaged over many years.

He added: “But I have to deal with it, the best that I can. How can I not?

“The brain is my job… it worries me, I want my brain to be as good as it can be.

“What pleases me is that my brain seems to be operating at full [potential].”

Since his diagnosis, Paul Sinha regularly appears on The Chase and it has inspired other sufferers.

He said: “I get quite a lot of messages on social media and emails from people in my position. And people come up to me in the street.

“People talk to me about it all the time.”

Paul admitted that he gets tired occasionally but he is still “quizzing” really well.

“I’m tired from time to time, but anyone that’s quizzed with me in the last six months will tell you I am answering questions very very rapidly indeed.

Paul also declared that he would quit The Chase before the producers could fire him.

He said: “I don’t know what my future is, I don’t know my time scale, I don’t know when I am going to start deteriorating.

“I do know that when I stop answering questions at speed, The Chase won’t fire me, I’ll say, ‘It’s been a lovely journey, you’ve treated me very well, see you later’.”