Rachel Riley: Countdown star in ‘retirement’ bombshell after 10 years on show
RACHEL RILEY, who has presented Countdown since 2009, has taken to Twitter to make a surprising announcement after a decade on the Channel 4 show.
Rachel Riley, 33, took to Twitter and jokingly declared her “retirement” as she responded to a fan following a recent Countdown episode. The Twitter user noted on Countdown Rachel was finally able to spell out her own name on the letter board after a contestant picked out consonants and vowels which spelled out R, I, L, E, Y. The social media user said to Rachel: “The joy in @RachelRileyRR’s face at having her name spelt out today. Only taken ten years.#Countdown.” In view of her 636,000 followers, Rachel wrote: “Finally! I can retire now.”
Fans rushed to respond to the retweet, with many of her followers pleading with the Channel 4 favourite to not retire.
One person commented: “Please don’t…”, while another person said: “Oh God… don’t retire.”
Another person replied: “Retire? No way never! Your excellent at maths. Countdown won’t be the same! You are at home there and Cats on Countdown won’t be as much fun! STAY.”(sic)
While a fourth person quipped: “You can’t retire until RACHEL is spelled out.”
Rachel has been a regular fixture on the show, after she replaced TV star Carol Vorderman on Countdown.
Meanwhile, Rachel who is in relationship with her Russian beau Pasha Kovalev, 39, has opened up about their romance in a recent interview on the Jonathan Ross Show.
She revealed she has dedicated herself to learning the former Strictly Come Dancing star’s native language.
The small-screen star said: “I am learning Russian, I’m doing it with an online app, it’s really homemade with Clip Art from the nineties to explain stuff.
“It teaches you how kids learn. My spelling is absolutely appalling but you pick it up as you go.
“The first thing I learnt was [the Russian for] ‘Give me a kiss’ and then from the app you learn things like ‘I open the window with a crowbar.’”
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