Ferne McCann CRIES as she eats a red hot chilli live on This Morning
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FERNE McCann cried on This Morning as she went head-to-head in a chilli challenge with chef Leon Ockendon.
The Essex-babe beat Leon on the show taking on the Carolina Reaper – the world’s hottest chilli.
While she maintained a poker face at first, the heat kicked in and the showbiz reporter began to cry.
Pointing to her eye she said: “Look tears, real tears.”
“It’s really hot,” she said between gasps. “My whole body is shaking!”
A paramedic, Gary, who was waiting in the wings rushed out with a big glass of milk to help the star.
Trying to maintain her composure the ex-Towie stunner blinked back tears and took deep breaths as the firey chilli clearly caused her some pain.
The Reaper is not for the faint hearted as it has its own Guinness World Record for being the world’s hottest chilli.
According to reports, it is 1.5 million Scoville units which is 400 times hotter than a jalapeno pepper.
The powerful chilli kicked in and Ferne began to panic
Winning the ‘Golden Chilli’ trophy was a small victory for Ferne whose eyes were streaming so much she could barely notice it.
Leon only managed to get up to the Dorset Naga chilli, the second hottest.
He gave a few coughs and splutters and then said he could go no further.
Going head to head brought out Ferne’s competitive spirit as she declared: “I need to win this,” before tackling the Reaper.
This is the second horrible challenge Ferne has taken on this week, coming face to face with SPIDERS earlier in the week.
The presenter up got close and personal with the creepy crawlies on Tuesday morning when a spider specialist brought some of the eight-legged insects into the ITV studios.
Ferne initially put on a brave face, emerging in a giant spider costume but her demeanour soon changed and she started hyperventalating and screaming when she held one in her hands.
Ferne was tasked with recreating one of her nail-biting I’m A Celeb challenges, putting her head in a glass box full of spiders, but changed her mind at the last minute.
Phillip Schofield however got stuck right in, joking: “There you go, its easy.”
Ferne has been taking on a number of challenges for This Morning, including a sky dive a few months ago.
Fans have joked she ius turning into ‘Challenge Anneka’ with her daring stunts.
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