Chris Tarrant has a lot to say about the state of television this days.
The former Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? host, 76 has criticised his old bosses at ITV for rebooting shows from the past and called on producers to give TV viewers something new, rather than offering trips down memory lane with nostalgic classic formats.
Discussing shows like Family Fortunes, Bradley Walsh -fronted Blankety Blank and Gladiators all get a second lease of life thanks to reboots, Chris branded the trend as 'desperate' when offering his thoughts on TV these days.
The star - who recently bought a flat for Ukrainian refugees - said: "It’s desperate. TV executives ought to come up with something new instead of repeating the same old shows.
"I can’t believe we still run things like Family Fortunes."
"And then they come up with new ones like The Masked Singer, for God’s sake. What’s next, The Masked Cook? The Masked Knife Juggler? Can we make some new ones, please?" Chris added, according to The Sun.
The presenter hosted Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? from 1998 to 2014, with Jeremy Clarkson taking over the hot seat when the ITV show returned for a second run in 2018.
Discussing his time on the show, Chris added how he still has fond memories of the show and revealed the Ukrainian family he took in earlier this year have caught a few repeated episodes from his tenure as host.
The star homed three refugees, a mother, her young child and her baby, in April after the conflict between Ukraine and Russia began.
The mother and her two children have lived with Chris and his partner ever since, but now Chris has revealed he's got them a flat to move into.
Chris explained that the family had "enhanced his life" since living with them, knowing what they had been through to get to the UK, and what happened to them as they fled Ukraine.
Speaking on Good Morning Britain on Tuesday morning, he told hosts Kate Garraway and Richard Madeley about his time with the family, and the plans for the future.
Asked about the refugees he had taken in by Kate, Chris said: "I’ve got three who live in my house. They’ve been with us since the beginning of the war.
"Do you know, there's a mum, a daughter and a little baby. They were sleeping on the floor of airports in Poland before they came to us. The actual exit from Ukraine is just a horror story.
"They’ve been with us now [for] eight months, I’m getting them a flat soon which I’m paying for and whatever, because I really want them to be closer to the city centre."
Chris went on: "We've got them a flat now which is great. They have enhanced my life these people. The baby… I mean I know I've had my own kids and so on, but this baby is so sweet.
"She was seven months, now if she had stayed she’d be on the front of a tank or something!"
At Liverpool’s Royal Albert Dock on Tuesday, Chris unveiled a projection depicting the story of Ukrainian caseworker Vladyslava Zhmuro, who has helped rehome more than 300 people.
