Anne Hegerty: The Chase star has spoken candidly about her private life (Image: ITV • WENN)
Anne Hegerty has admitted “sex was always better in my head” as she recalled a romance she had with a fellow Mastermind Club member. The Chase's Governess said she felt “suffocated” despite the pair living at totally different ends of the country. The 60-year-old revealed it took her “years” to be able to even consider dating, but says she doesn’t think she will ever be able to “make it work”. She has lived with Asperger syndrome, a form of autism, since she was a child but was only diagnosed age 44, after recognising her symptoms on a television show.
Even though he lived in Brighton I still felt suffocated in Manchester
Anne Hegerty
“It took years of psychotherapy before I even considered dating,” Anne told The Sun.
“I lost weight, replaced my glasses with contact lenses and felt a lot more confident. But I find it really hard to hold down a relationship.”
Addressing her longest romance, she continued: “I’d fancied him for years and we were together for four months.
“Even though he lived in Brighton I still felt suffocated in Manchester. And sex was always better in my head, I felt like I was somewhere else while it was happening.”
Anne’s Aspergers means she struggles to
