Fans threw their support behind legendary football pundit Chris Kamara tonight as he bravely battled his speech condition on ITV's Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?
The former Sky Sports News presenter, from Leeds, was on the show's celebrity special to try to scoop cash for his chosen charity, Marie Curie.
Chris Kamara made it all the way to the £64,000 question, about Formula 1, which asked him 'Which of these nationalities has not won an F1 championship since 2000?'.
Read More: Chris Kamara opens up about battle with speech apraxia
Chris wrestled with the question before phoning Steph McGovern from Steph's Packed Lunch for his final lifeline, Phone a Friend.
Steph guessed at Finland, which is what Kammy had been leaning towards, but neither he nor Steph sounded too sure.
He read the question out to Steph but some viewers felt that giving Chris only 30 seconds to ask her (the standard Phone a Friend time limit), was harsh considering he has a speech disorder called speech apraxia which slows down his speech.
Unfortunately, Chris had used up his 'ask Jeremy' lifeline just a couple of questions earlier when Chris asked Clarkson about road signs.
Ultimately, deciding to pick Finland was the wrong answer and Kammy was left picking up from his safety net of £32,000.
A stunned Chris said: "You know, I didn't read the question properly... since 2000!"
Jeremy said: "Listen the fact is, you are leaving here with £32,000. I'm delighted. And it's been the hugest amount of fun having you here."
Chris Kamara was playing for Marie Curie cancer charity and the entire £32,000 will be donated to the charity.
Though viewers were thrilled to see the legendary Chris back on TV, some were unhappy with the Phone a Friend time limit.
@cudgeecoo said: "Erm I think Chris Kamara should’ve been given longer than 30 seconds to read out his question to his phone a friend! Considering his condition limits how fast he can talk. #whowantstobeamillionaire "
And others were forced to defend Chris from the trolls online, while others said the programme was 'hard to watch' because of Chris' speech battle.
@samJonDixon said: "Great work Chris Kamara doing his bit for charity despite obviously struggling with his speech"
@dellywellyc said: "Instead of insulting Chris Kamara, why not d a bit of research.He has speech aphaxia"
@lara_222 said: " #chriskamara proving he's even more of a legend doing Who Wants to be a Millionaire with speech apraxia"
@matty1994 said: "Watching Chris kamara on who wants to be a millionaire is a tough watch"
@doolezLFC said: "So sad seeing how much Chris Kamara is struggling with his speech on who want s to me a millionaire"
@antzharris10 said: "Hard to watch Chris Kamara struggling with his speech on Millionaire. You can tell how annoyed he is with it. Legend he is!"
@ltj39sue said: "Well done chris kamara on winning £32k for marie curie."
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