Taskmaster's Maisie Adam reveals clash with host Alex Horne over 'panicky' challenge

Taskmaster's Maisie Adamhas revealed that Channel 4 brought out her angry side - and she found herself "quick to get personal" when clashing with host Alex Horne. The comedian is competing on Taskmaster alongside Unforgotten’s Sanjeev Bhaskar, Inside No. 9 ’s Reece Shearsmith and comedians Ania Magliano and Phil Ellis.

Hosted by Greg Davies and Alex Horne, the show challenges a handful of comedians to take part in ridiculous challenges over the course of several weeks. Speaking to the Mirror, Maisie revealed that she discovered a new side to herself during filming and found "deep-rooted anger" within her.

“It’s really fun going into the tasks at the time, but I was so shocked at how stressed I got with each one,” she confessed. “I didn’t realise I was such a panicky person."

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She added that she found herself clashing with Alex and Greg during the challenges and scoring. “I was very quick to blame Alex and his silly little clipboard and quite quick to get personal with him. I would also protest to Greg if I thought he’d been unfair with the points-awarding.

“I know I can be competitive but competitiveness mixed with a total lack of ability is a dangerous mix to have exposed to you with a mirror held up.”

She said: "I’m not good under pressure and I should have known this because I know what I’m like in quiz shows and I’m terrible at cooking. It was stressful."

Ahead of the new series, Maisie also opened up about her "mortifying" wardrobe malfunction after choosing to wear a cheap Grease-esque outfit to film the challenges.

"My plan was to be like Sandy from Grease – she does whatever it takes to come out on top. She changes herself and takes up smoking to win the top prize," she said.

"In that case it’s a man, which doesn’t reflect well any more. The difficulty was, I didn’t blow the budget when it came to getting the outfit.

"It was cheap and synthetic, so I slipped on everything because of the cheap shoes – and the flammable leggings would catch on everything.”

“It was mortifying and it got progressively more humiliating and, dare I say, depressing as the studio records went on,” she cringed. "This was going to be a common theme – flashing my underwear thanks to a pair of synthetic leggings on the biggest comedy show I’ve been waiting years to be booked on. That’s probably my number one regret.”

Taskmaster airs tonight at 9pm on Channel 4.

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