Paddy McGuinness fulfils promise to get new tattoo after raising over £10,500,000 for charity-Laura Harman-Entertainment – Metro

Paddy McGuinness has shared a snap as he gets a tattoo (Picture: REX / @mcguinness.paddy /instagram)

Paddy McGuinness has impressed his followers after sharing that he had fulfilled his promise to get a tattoo after raising over £10 million.

The presenter, 51, tasked himself with journeying 300 miles from Wrexham to Glasgow on his customised chopper bike to raise money for the charity.

The gruelling cycle took place from Monday, November 11 until Friday, November 15 and raised funds for Children In Need.

At the time of the cycle, Paddy promised to get a tattoo of the Children in Need bear named Patch if the money raised reached a certain level – and it did just that.

‘It’s tattoo time!!! I promised you I’d get a Patch tattoo if we raised over £10 million. Well, we raised £10.5 million!!!’ announced Paddy on his social media.

He then thanked his tattoo artist and said he’d reveal the tat in due course: ‘Big thanks to @loumolloy for giving up his time and donating his fee to @bbccin I’ll be telling you all about it on my @bbcradio2 show 11:00 – 13:00 this Sunday… along with the big reveal!

Paddy has stayed true to his word (Picture: @mcguinness.paddy / Instagram)

‘I also filmed the tattoo being done. Will post it here next week 🙏 A massive thank you to all the amazing tattoo artists who got in touch offering their services as well. It was very much appreciated. ‘

The star immediately received a huge amount of support from fans and celebrity pals who were delighted to see him keep to his word.

‘YES PADDY🙌❤️,’ commented Zoe Ball.

‘Well done Paddy. You did an amazing job. Such a challenge and you did so well,’ said grahamcarter75.

‘Well done paddy, knighthood coming your way! 🤴 👏👏👏,’ said lorrainekidd64.

The presenter cycled 300 miles for charity (Picture: BBC/ Paddy McGuinness)

The comedian was beaming as he approached the finish line and praised the atmosphere from onlookers as he finished his mammoth journey.

He said at the time: ‘Honestly, I can’t believe it. I came out of East Kilbride. I was looking at Glasgow, and it was lit up in sunshine. Then coming in here and the streets were lined.

‘I had Sir Tom Hunter beside me, and I came around the corner there. What a sight, what a feeling! Thank you so much, everybody.

‘Honestly it’s a moment in time I’ll take with me to my grave. I’ll never ever forget it. It’s been amazing.’

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