 Speaking about the scandal during an exclusive chat with The Mirror, Chris, 76, said: "I've always said I had no idea what was happening, genuinely. "I'm sitting there, eyeball to eyeball with this guy and bearing in mind I've sort of been on telly all my life, it was probably one of the most amazing, forget about what happened afterwards. "It was just one of the most amazing TV shows I've ever done because people were screaming, shouting booing, gasping, applauding, standing, coughing because everybody coughs in television. Major Charles Ingram cheated his way through the show ( Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?/YouTube) "I didn't notice this bloke about two inches away, looking behind them for a cough and all that, bearing in mind, the guy was a serving British Army Major in great big close-ups.){kind=link}
Former Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? presenter Chris Tarrant has spoken about Major Charles Ingram’s cheating scandal on the ITV programme, saying he had no idea about it
Chris Tarrant has spoken about the drama which surrounded Major Charles Ingram’s 2001 appearance on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? admitting, he had no idea what was happening.
The television icon who presented the ITV programme between 1998 and 2013 found himself completely dumbfounded when the former military man appeared to have cheated his way through the questions.
Major Ingram, 59, managed to wing his way through the competition, ultimately winning the £1million jackpot but all was not as it seemed.
The Shardlow, Derbyshire-born Major used all three lifelines before he managed to get to the final question but it later emerged he had used cheating tactics throughout.