ITV bosses ban Andi Peters from calling huge cash contest prizes ‘life changing’

GMB cash presenter Andi Peters has been banned from calling cash prizes under £110k ‘life changing’ for fear of being sued.

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Good Morning Britain’s resident cash contest presenter Andi Peters has been banned by ITV bosses from calling the cash prize “life-changing” – the 51-year-old dubbed the ban “ridiculous”. “.

ITV insists that a prize of £100,000 or less is not life-changing, with the broadcast corporation concerned that winners could sue them if their lives are not changed as a result of the cash prize.

Andi recently appeared on What If? podcast and considered the ban a “ridiculous situation” and then went on to reveal that lawyers for ITV had said presenters “can’t say the word life-changing unless it’s £101,000 or more.” up”.

He added: “And I always argue ‘I’m really sorry, £3,000 changed her life, she doesn’t have to take the bus to work anymore, so for her, life’ changed”.

“And that’s all subjective. What’s any money?”

Touching on the £1million gift he was faced with, the self-confessed playboy said: “Six years ago we gave away £1m and they wouldn’t let me call a £1million life change changed because – this is exactly what the lawyer said – ‘if Richard Branson wins, it won’t change his life’.

“So we argued back and said ‘no, it will change his life, because in that minute he will be £1m richer. That’s life changing’.”

“Don’t let us tell. I’ve done it this way. I’ve come to the top.

“So now the rule is £101,000 and higher is that life is changing. That’s the new rule. But if it’s ninety-nine (thousand), I can’t say lives are changing. “

Andi then recalled the moment he told a viewer on Google My Business that she had won £3,000 and claimed it changed her life.

“We do one thing when I knock on your door and give you £3,000,” he explains, “So we did it, knocked on this woman’s door, gave her £3,000. and I say ‘no’, I give away £250,000. Here is the comparison.

“But you have to remember £3,000 is a lot of money and she sent me a tweet two weeks later saying ‘just so you know, my car has been on the road for a year and a half and I received the Bus to Work, now I can afford the repair money, now I can go back to driving to work’.

“Things like that melt my heart. The £3,000 for her was life-changing.”

The Mirror has contacted ITV about banning Andi Peters from using the phrase ‘life changing’ and the reasoning behind their decision.

The 51-year-old TV presenter who hosts contests on ITV’s daytime programs recently opened up to us at the Daily Mirror and gave us insight into what it’s like to be him. any.

Because he is often in front of cash, when he gets off work and goes about his day-to-day life, people sometimes think he’s actually working and will surprise them with a check.

He told us: “When I use to book a restaurant, they ask ‘What’s the name?’

“I said ‘Andi Peters’ and they said ‘Have I won? “I feel terrible.

“I was like ‘No, I’m so sorry, but can I still sit at the table at seven?’.”

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