Countdown’s Rachel Riley reveals she loves partying in Jimmy Carr’s hot tub until 4am at his wild parties
Rachel reveals things can get wild backstage after filming 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown
RACHEL Riley has revealed she's ended up at wild parties at Jimmy Carr's house where they were in the hot until 4am.
The pair work together on Countdown and the 8 Out Of 10 Cats spin off show.
The Countdown presenter revealed how the post-show parties often turn into all-night ragers.
She said: “Jimmy throws a good party regularly. He’s a really good host.
"I wouldn’t name names but there are certainly people who’ve done all-nighters there and then gone to work the next day.
“I’m lucky that I haven’t often been working the next day, because you can end up at 4am in the hot tub – it has been known. A few hangover cures are definitely needed after that.”
She also revealed that some of the funniest innuendos from 8 Out Of 10 Cats often end up on the cutting room floor.
“Each show takes three hours to record and is cut down to 45 minutes. So the stuff on the edit floor can be even funnier," she said.
“The lawyers have to be involved to make sure some of it doesn’t go out because it would end all of our careers.”
Rachel has hosted more than 2,000 episodes of Countdown to date and says she do it "for ever and a day, if they'll have me".
Rachel is currently in a relationship with her former Strictly Come Dancing partner Pasha Kovalev who she got with after competing on the 2013 series.
Her marriage of 16 months to Jamie Gilbert ended after her time on the show.
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Speaking about their romance, she said: “Pasha is Russian so while we’re all modern and equal, he’s also traditional.
“He’ll buy flowers and he’s romantic. He’ll take me out for Valentine’s Day. But people won’t be surprised that I do the banking and look after finances – saving money and all that stuff.
“He does the romance and I do the electricity bills.”
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