Photograph: Shutterstock and Getty Images P A M e d i a He was a quiet kid and skilled in shutting conversations down. (Comic Relief/Getty Images) TV presenter Nick Hancock has admitted he feels “appalled” at himself for mocking the looks of former Manchester United footballer Luke Chadwick on They Think It’s All Over.. Chadwick has said a running gag on the hugely popular football quiz show making fun of … Chadwick stresses that injuries are the reason he left United and ended up spending most of his career in the lower leagues. It’s worth going through that torment and talking about it now.”. “It probably was a little bit of that,” Chadwick says. Are you sure you want to mark this comment as inappropriate? He said he “dreaded” the BBC sports quiz programme “They Think It’s All Over” being broadcast. Ex-They Think It's All Over presenter Nick Hancock and team captain Gary Lineker have publicly apologised for comments about former Manchester United star Luke Chadwick after he revealed the horrific treatment he has received over the years.. As a teenager, the up and coming Chadwick was an object of fun on the BBC sports quiz show 'They Think It's All Over'. The apology is completely accepted but it’s not something I was searching for.”. It was on a Friday night, when They Think It’s All Over came on BBC1, that he … Chadwick, who played in the same position as David Beckham, was a target. He is 39, the father of two teenage boys and happy coaching for the Football Fun Factory. He felt at home in his surroundings and convinced himself he was wrong to let the mockery get him down. You can also choose to be emailed when someone replies to your comment. Chadwick said the running jokes about him on sports comedy show 'They Think It’s All Over' even affected him on matchdays as he tried to earn a starting spot with the Red Devils. Nick Hancock and Gary Lineker both appeared on They Think It's All Over. “I’m desperate to be in touch with him. “That’s all I’m known for and spoken about – the way I looked. I think I have done that a lot more in recent times.”, Nick Hancock says he is 'appalled' at himself for mocking Luke Chadwick, The Fiver: sign up and get our daily football email, Luke Chadwick: 'It's worth going through the torment if it helps others'. “My wife remembers once that I said to her: ‘Just turn it off,’ quite snappily.”, Watching the show seems like a form of self-punishment. While Chadwick did not think there was anything wrong with him, the abuse was hard to take and there were times when he stopped leaving the house. People would say he was ugly and that his teeth stuck out. LUKE CHADWICK has admitted he “feels guilty” for calling out Nick Hancock over the abuse he received on the BBC show They Think It’s All Over… To us it was a photograph. Want an ad-free experience?Subscribe to Independent Premium. He is happy to have played for Cambridge United, his boyhood club. It will start eating away out of you. It allows our most engaged readers to debate the big issues, share their own experiences, discuss real-world solutions, and more. Luke Chadwick has accepted the apologies of Gary Lineker and Nick Hancock after he was regularly taunted by TV show They Think It's All Over. United were the best side in the country and the quick and tricky winger loved the club. This is a man on a journey of self-discovery. Then your heart sinks down to the bottom of your stomach.”. You don’t want to show any weakness to your peers or opponents. Obviously people were finding it funny, but it was eating away at me a bit inside while that was happening.”, Read our full mailing list consent terms here. I got so good at sweeping everything under the carpet. Create a commenting name to join the debate, There are no Independent Premium comments yet - be the first to add your thoughts, There are no comments yet - be the first to add your thoughts. Nick Hancock was the host of BBC panel show They Think It’s All Over, which which Luke Chadwick has said he used to ‘dread’. He was not the type to tell anyone that the taunts about his looks were affecting him; not even Alex Ferguson knew one of his young players was hurting. But there would be periods of time where I wouldn’t want to do anything else.”, Was he scared? Please be respectful when making a comment and adhere to our Community Guidelines. Nick Hancock and Gary Lineker both appeared on They Think It's All Over. Chadwick opened up about how the abuse made him feel, Hancock was part of the show that mocked Chadwick’s appearance, {{#verifyErrors}} {{message}} {{/verifyErrors}} {{^verifyErrors}} {{message}} {{/verifyErrors}}, Hancock ‘appalled’ after Chadwick opens up on TV show torment, You may not agree with our views, or other users’, but please respond to them respectfully, Swearing, personal abuse, racism, sexism, homophobia and other discriminatory or inciteful language is not acceptable, Do not impersonate other users or reveal private information about third parties, We reserve the right to delete inappropriate posts and ban offending users without notification. But it is a relief to get things off your chest.”, I ask Chadwick what the phrase “man up” means to him. Hancock was speaking as a former host of the BBC panel show ‘They Think It’s All Over’, which Chadwick has said he used to “dread”. When I hear him speaking, I’m full of admiration for the present Luke Chadwick and full of sympathy for the young Luke Chadwick. It was the thing that affected him most. “It takes me back to that 19- or 20-year-old. The most insightful comments on all subjects will be published daily in dedicated articles. That’s not good obviously, we should have been thinking about the person, but that’s what can happen.”. Manchester United player Luke Chadwick was the subject of cruel jokes about his appearance on the BBC show They Think It’s All Over They Think It’s All Over was a satirical sports-based panel show presented by Nick Hancock (centre) and featuring Gary Lineker (right), David Gower (left), Jonathan Ross (top left) and Rory McGrath (top middle) LUKE CHADWICK has admitted he "feels guilty" for calling out Nick Hancock over the abuse he received on the BBC show They Think It's All Over. Former Man United midfielder Luke Chadwick recently opened up on the anxiety issues he faced as a young player over the jokes made about his looks on BBC show 'They Think It's All Over' “I’d even try to kid myself that I was fine at home. Yet Chadwick bottled it all up. I thought that yesterday: ‘Why am I feeling guilty for the guy on the telly?’ I didn’t need to bring up They Think It’s All Over. “If I was in touch with my feelings then maybe I would have told the manager. Chadwick playing for Manchester United in 2001. Hancock’s BBC panel show ‘They Think It’s All Over’ routinely made fun of Chadwick’s appearance, Find your bookmarks in your Independent Premium section, under my profile. “The terrible thing about comedians and comedy shows is that if you’re getting laughs, you think you’re doing a good job. Comedy panel quiz show on the theme of sport. “Listening to Luke is incredibly humbling, he’s shown so much more generosity and understanding and good judgement than we did at the time,” he told the BBC. “I wasn’t emotionally intelligent,” Chadwick says. Chadwick has said he used to dread the BBC panel show ‘They Think It’s All Over’ which was hosted by Hancock, with Lineker a regular guest. That was the dream scenario. When he was growing up Chadwick did not understand his feelings. ”I’m appalled for him and at myself. If it empowers one other person it’s enough. “I used to dread it coming on the telly. Gary Lineker has apologised to Luke Chadwick for the cruel insults directed towards the former Manchester United winger, who was just a teenager at the time, on BBC TV show They Think It's All Over. “It looked so uncomfortable. Lineker follows Nick Hancock who said he is "appalled" at himself for mocking the player on BBC panel show 'They Think It's All Over'. A popular TV show – [the attention] was magnified, so that’s what I was seen as by everyone off the back of that. Luke opened up about the constant torment at the start of Mental Awareness Week. Broadcaster Nick Hancock says he is “appalled” at himself after former Manchester United player Luke Chadwick opened up on the torment his TV show caused him. I don’t think anyone knew at that time. “I was just so desperate to watch the episode and there not be any mention of me at all. Looking back nine times out of 10 nothing would have been said. Luke Chadwick, a Manchester United midfield player, revealed the taunts affected his mental health. Hancock was speaking as a former host of the BBC panel show ‘They Think It’s All Over’, which Chadwick has said he used to “dread”. It still needs to be loads better.”. “My parents and wife have said they’re proud of me. “In the end, it lowers your self-esteem a lot,” he told the BBC. Strange. The show ran from 1996 until 2006, during which Chadwick was trying to break into the United first team. Chadwick was regularly the butt of jokes on BBC's sports quiz show 'They Think It's All Over' after breaking into the Manchester United first team as a teenager. The former Manchester United winger on the fallout from discussing jokes about his appearance affecting his mental health, Last modified on Mon 25 May 2020 17.26 BST, It says a lot about Luke Chadwick that he ended up feeling bad when he saw Nick Hancock apologising on BBC Breakfast for making fun of the former Manchester United winger’s looks on They Think It’s All Over all those years ago. If I heard of someone having mental health problems my reaction would be: ‘Pull yourself together.’ It was the reaction I had to myself. Above all his integrity shines through. Of course the worst thing for Luke was that it became a bit of a running joke. Obviously people had given him stick and even though whatever happened years ago happened it wasn’t an eye for an eye. There is no hint of bitterness about Chadwick during a conversation about his days at United, how his mental health suffered when he became a figure of fun on a popular quiz show and the importance of learning to love himself. Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? The existing Open Comments threads will continue to exist for those who do not subscribe to Independent Premium. “If you never give yourself time to express yourself you’re in that rut. But Chadwick, who was 18 when he made his debut for United in 1999, was unhappy. He says he should have worn a brace as a child, only he was too scared to go to the dentist. The show would make fun of Chadwick’s appearance as he was breaking through at United and, 20 years on, the now 39-year-old has spoken about the effect the mocking had on him. Luke Chadwick était régulièrement la cible de blagues sur son apparition dans une émission de la BBC Life should have been wonderful for Chadwick, who grew up in the small village of Barrington near Cambridge. The important thing is I’m trying to use my experience. While he is no longer the painfully shy teenager who once hid away from the world, revenge was not on his mind when he tweeted about the taunts this month and opened up about They Think It’s All Over in subsequent media appearances. Hancock now wants to make amends in person, adding: “Nobody should expect Luke to have called us on it, but it would have been effective if say the PFA (Professional Footballers Association) or his club had said something. I can totally sympathise with him as I had the same kind of relentless ... Read more on Netmums This week ex-Manchester United player Luke Chadwick spoke movingly of how awful it was, as a shy, young lad, to have his appearance mocked on ‘They Think It’s All Over’. Are you sure you want to delete this comment? You can find our Community Guidelines in full here. I wouldn’t watch it but then I’d get a text off someone saying ‘oh you’ve been on that show again’ as if it was a joke. 'They Think it's All Over' host Nick Hancock tells #BBCBreakfast he's full of admiration for Luke Chadwick, who's opened up about the impact of media comments about his looks. The ex-footballer recently admitted gags about his appearance on BBC's They Think It's All Over killed his confidence. “I was probably scared of what would have been said. Eventually he needed surgery to stop his jaw protruding back. Please continue to respect all commenters and create constructive debates. Luke also became the butt of jokes on national TV - one of the most prominent being from Nick Hancock on comedy game show based on sports, They Think It's All Over. “It made me feel a little bit guilty,” Chadwick says. Due to the sheer scale of this comment community, we are not able to give each post the same level of attention, but we have preserved this area in the interests of open debate. I’d rather people close to me were happy, even if it meant I was unhappy a little bit. They Think It's All Over ran on BBC TV for 11 years between 1995 and 2006, and Chadwick was one of its many targets. It was on a Friday night, when They Think It’s All Over came on BBC1, that he felt low. Start your Independent Premium subscription today. He went to United for trials when he was 14 and moved to Manchester with his future wife when he was 16. »: Luke Chadwick dit que des blagues cruelles sur son apparition dans They Think It’s All Over ont détruit sa confiance en essayant de pénétrer dans l’équipe de Man United. If he feels he couldn’t forgive me, although he sounds like he may be able to, I would understand that too.”. Luke Chadwick is now the Football Fun Factory head coach for the Hertfordshire region. “It becomes a habit and it’s hard to break,” Chadwick says. Chadwick says he was often teased on BBC show They Think It's All Over, a British comedy panel show featuring the likes of Gary Lineker and Jonathan Ross. FORMER Manchester United star Luke Chadwick admits cruel jokes about his appearance on BBC show They Think It's All Over killed his confidence. I could have just gone into a tough period in my life. Luke Chadwick helped Man United win the Premier League in the 2000/01 season Running jokes on the BBC panel show ‘They Think It’s All Over’ were relentless and made people think … A two-time Premier League winner with Manchester United, Chadwick added of the show: “I became a picture of fun, and that was probably the hardest thing. The former presenter issued a grovelling apology for his cruel jibes about Chadwick's looks as a youngster at Manchester United. Former Manchester United midfielder Luke Chadwick revealed how cruel jokes about his appearance on the BBC television show They Think It’s All Over “have stunted his growth as a person.” The popular show, led by comedian Nick Hancock and starring guest captains, including Gary Lineker, made fun of Chadwick week after week. “We’ve all got a journey to go on,” Chadwick says. That isn’t right.”. I’ve always thought about other people before myself. (Comic Relief/Getty Images) TV presenter Nick Hancock has admitted he feels “appalled” at himself for mocking the looks of former Manchester United footballer Luke Chadwick on They Think It’s All Over.. Chadwick has said a running gag on the hugely popular football quiz show making fun of … Our journalists will try to respond by joining the threads when they can to create a true meeting of independent Premium. I was too embarrassed. I would be happy to meet him and hopefully we could put it to bed. ‘Man up, pull yourself together.’ The education around mental health has improved. I was happy going to training. Independent Premium Comments can be posted by members of our membership scheme, Independent Premium. He says he would have brushed his teammates aside if they had tried to help and he felt it was better not to talk to his parents or partner. "I became a picture of fun, and … It’s that stiff upper lip. The show ran from 1996 until 2006, during which… With Rory McGrath, Nick Hancock, Gary Lineker, David Gower. It’s changing that habit. The apologies from Hancock, the show’s former presenter, and Gary Lineker, a team captain, were nice, but Chadwick just wants people to know that it is good to talk. The show would make fun of Chadwick’s appearance as he was breaking through at United and, 20 years on, the now 39-year-old has spoken about the effect the mocking had on him. 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