Seven-time world champion Stephen Hendry reveals he was FINED by snooker bosses after pulling out of tournaments due to his appearance on ITV’s The Masked Singer
- Stephen Hendry says he was fined due to his appearance on The Masked Singer
- Hendry was revealed because the character Rubbish within the singing present on Saturday
- 54-year-old could not compete in some tournaments due to his commitments
Stephen Hendry mentioned he was ‘fined’ by snooker bosses after he had to ‘pull out’ of occasions due to his appearance on The Masked Singer.
The seven-time world champion, 54, was revealed because the character Rubbish on the ITV movie star singing present on Saturday.
Asked by the PA news company what he advised folks he was doing whereas maintaining his identification a secret, the previous world primary mentioned: ‘I do have wildcards to play in some snooker occasions and I truly pulled out of a few occasions and received fined by the WPBSA (World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association) for doing it.
Stephen Hendry mentioned he was ‘fined’ by snooker bosses after he had to ‘pull out’ of occasions due to his appearance on The Masked Singer
‘And I could not inform them why as a result of this recording was going on and I could not clearly say why I pulled out… I simply mentioned ‘Look, I can not play the match’.
‘So, yeah, it was, very, very, very unusual… you are dying to inform folks what you are doing however you’ll be able to’t.’
The WPBSA, whose business arm is the World Snooker Tour, manages the principles overseeing snooker tournaments.
Hendry mentioned he agreed to participate in The Masked Singer as a result of he ‘loves’ the present and he could be nameless in the course of the performances.
The seven-time world champion, 54, was revealed because the character Rubbish on Saturday
The Scot added: ‘I’ve been requested to do the opposite actuality exhibits, however the factor that appealed to me about this one clearly was the truth that you might be in a dressing up. Nobody can see you.
‘And clearly (there isn’t any) stress – this isn’t a singing competitors, it is only a present that you simply simply go on this costume and have enjoyable.’
He mentioned that earlier than coming into the present, he had solely achieved karaoke whereas in China so he enlisted singing coach Mark De-Lisser to assist him with his voice.
Hendry mentioned: ‘(Mark) simply introduced this out of me, which I did not know was in there, so it was actually unbelievable and shocking to discover that… I’m not saying I’m a terrific singer, however I’m higher than I assumed I was.
‘He messaged me after Saturday night time and joked the Christmas album was on the best way, however, yeah, simply joking. Look, that is not going to occur.’
Hendry dominated the game in the course of the Nineties (pictured in 1993 after successful the World Snooker Championship Final)
The episode that unmasked Hendry drew a median viewers of 4.3 million viewers based mostly on in a single day rankings.
There was a peak of 5.1 million viewers, in accordance to ITV.
Hendry mentioned after the reveal, following his efficiency of My Old Man’s A Dustman by Lonnie Donegan and Kaiser Chiefs’ traditional observe Ruby, his telephone went ‘loopy’ with messages from household and pals.
‘The foremost theme was ‘I can not consider you probably did that. I can not consider you probably did that and I can not consider you stored it quiet’,’ he mentioned.
‘My son texted me and mentioned ‘I’ve watched the present each week. I like it. I can not consider you have achieved that’.
‘He did not actually have a clue so the suggestions and the response was unbelievable.’
:: The Masked Singer returns on Saturday at 7pm on ITV and ITVX.
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