Paddy McGuinness claims the ‘Phoenix Nights’ tour has raised "around £5 million".
The ‘Take Me Out’ presenter recently reprised his role as working man’s club bouncer Patrick O’Shea alongside Peter Kay as owner Brian Potter in a number of arena shows in Manchester and he’s now revealed the huge sum they’ve raised for Comic Relief.
He said: "I’ve not got an exact figure [of money raised] but it’ll be around the £5 million mark."
The 41-year-old also confessed it was "amazing" to get back together with the cast of the show – which originally ran from 2001 to 2002 – including Peter, Dave Spikey and Neil Fitzmaurice.
He shared: "We all got in a room the day we rehearsed – and it was one day’s rehearsal. We picked up where we left off, and it was amazing!"
However, Paddy admits it was "horrendous" to see co-star Ted Robbins, who plays rival club owner Den Perry, collapse during the opening night of the arena tour and revealed if it weren’t for a doctor in the audience he could’ve died.
Speaking on an episode of ‘The Jonathan Ross Show’ – which airs tomorrow (21.02.15) night at 9.40pm ITV – he said: "The first night of the tour, Ted Robbins – who plays Den Perry – collapsed on stage and I was with [Peter] at the time when it happened and we were watching Ted on the screen [backstage] and he’d just gone on stage and I noticed his hands shaking.
"He just collapsed… When you see it, it’s horrendous. He collapsed and he actually died, his heart stopped on stage."
He added: "Now, talk about luck – Richard Curtis was in the audience that night and there was a guy at the side of Richard Curtis, no connection, just happened to be a heart specialist.
"If he hadn’t [gone on stage to help], Ted would have been dead. That would have been it."
Paddy McGuinness: Phoenix Nights tour raised ‘around £5 million’
