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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
Entertainment
Jess Flaherty

I was on Channel 4's Moneybags gameshow and embarrassed myself but made friends for life

After being on Moneybags, never again will I judge television gameshow contestants for failing to answer seemingly "obvious" and "easy" questions.

In the days since my episodes of Channel 4's hit new game show aired, armchair critics have taken to Twitter to brand me "thick" and declare that I guessed my way to winning a few thousand pounds. Since filming several months ago, one question - the one I'm getting a lot of flack for - has haunted me, but we'll come to that.

I applied for Channel 4's Moneybags a few months ago. Skint and anxious about the cost of living crisis, I thought, how else would I stand a chance of getting some extra cash that would be a big help in the coming months?

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