Anne Hegerty reveals why her bosses are concerned about her autism

Publish Date
Monday, 19 November 2018, 11:32AM
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The Chase's Governess is taking on a brand new challenge outside of the studio with ITV's 'I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here'. 

While she's not going to get any help braving the Australian jungle, her bosses at ITV have made sure that she gets all the support she needs in terms of her autism.

Talking to The Sun, Anne revealed that the execs were more anxious about the situation than they were.

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She explained: "They keep saying, 'You must say if there's a problem', and I keep saying, 'I'll be fine.' And they keep saying, 'No no no that's not good enough you have to promise if there's a problem...

"I might get peopled out, there might just be too many people around. I might feel like going to sit in the pool until everyone has shut up a bit... On the other hand it might have advantages if I'm not as good as other people at picking up on bad atmospheres I'll be happy drifting along."

Anne, who has been diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome, spoke about how her condition may leave her "faceblind", which means that she could get some of the other contestants "mixed up".

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The Governess has previously spoken about how she worked out that she had autism after watching a TV show about the symptoms.

he explained that asperger's makes her unorganised, which has given her a "cluttered" house that she won't let anyone visit.

Anne said: "People always say to me 'Where do you keep your autism?' and I always says 'It's it's behind my front door and I'm not coming in.'

She continued: "I just need everything to go quiet, for people to stop bothering me and not thinking about when I'm going to get packed. I like to have my own kitchen so I can cook and a washing machine so I can do washing. The things you can't get in a hotel."

 

 

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