The ITV game show host was reduced to tears by his own pun during Tuesday’s The Chase as contestant Jo was pressed on her knowledge of African snakes. Bradley Walsh had to take a moment to recover, leaving Chaser Shaun Wallace nonplussed by his poor attempt at humour.
Bradley invoked exasperated reactions from The Chase fans following his reptilian pun.
The third player on Tuesday’s show, Jo, was asked to identify Africa’s longest venomous snake, which turned out to be the Black Mamba.
Sadly she chose incorrectly, but Bradley couldn’t help cracking a joke to alleviate the tension.
“Longest snakes in Africa,” he said. “It’s an exclusive club. Mambas only.”
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“Half-witty?” he exclaimed. “Have you been speaking England for long?”
Thankfully the presenter was eventually able to recover, only for Jo to be knocked out by Shaun’s correct answer.
Bradley’s attempts at zoological punnery also sparked quite the reaction from The Chase viewers, who stormed Twitter to mock the snake-based one-liner.
Twitter user @MissLionHeart posted: “F**k a duck, Bradley, that was a terrible joke, even for you!”
Whilst Biggzs insisted: “Stop laughing at your own jokes Brad. Klaxon.”
However, not everyone was as disheartened by the gag as the stony-faced Chaser.
Froshie Evans even said: “@BradleyWalsh is absolutely on fire in today’s #TheChase.”
The Chase will be back soon with another trivia mastermind facing four new players, who may take a little more kindly to Bradley’s comical hosting style.
The Chase airs weekdays at 5pm on ITV.