Scared Of The Dark viewers praise comedian Chris McCausland
‘His calm manner makes Chris Eubank look MORE of a prat!’: Scared Of The Dark viewers praise comedian Chris McCausland for putting ‘arrogant’ and ‘bonkers’ boxer ‘in his place’
Scared Of The Dark viewers praised Chris McCausland for his handling of outspoken Chris Eubank during’s Monday show.
The comedian, 45, kept a level head when dealing with the boxer who declared himself ‘superior’ to his other contestants in a bizarre outburst.
However the blind comedian failed to be intimidated by the boxer’s behaviour with viewers at home taking to Twitter in celebration.
One wrote: ‘Chris McCausland should win this, his calm manner made Chris Eubank look even more of a prat’.
With a second declaring: ‘Chris McCausland winding up Chris Eubank is giving me life’.
Level headed: Scared Of The Dark viewers praised Chris McCausland for his handling of outspoken Chris Eubank during’s Monday show
Not happy: The comedian kept a level head when dealing with the boxer who fans branded ‘bonkers’ following his bizarre outbursts on the show
Outburst: The blind comedian (left) failed to be intimidated by the boxer’s (right) behaviour with viewers at home taking to Twitter in celebration
And a third wrote: ‘The arrogance of Chris Eubank. I love the other Chris though’.
‘Chris McCausland trying to find the real Chris Eubank but being met by defence after defence.. Brave’ one more wrote.
Fans were horrofied by the boxer’s strange outbursts and made their feelings clear: ‘I’ve never been a fan of Chris Eubank and certainly not now. He’s so patronising’.
‘Chris Eubank should stop talking. He’s even hated now by a new generation’ another said.
During the episode McCausland took Eubank to one side saying: ‘I would like you to stop telling people how to behave and not be themselves, this is people being themselves… you trample on their spontaneity and they need to be themselves.’
With former Love Island contestant Chloe Burrows – who Eubank managed to alienate within minutes of meeting – listening in, the boxer appears to lose his temper after claiming the group frequently behave like ‘children.’
‘There’s a great saying,’ he warns the comic. ‘It goes as follows; less said, easier to mend. I don’t want to have to mend the things I say to you, so don’t test me.’
Having unsettled everyone with his comments, the fired-up former boxer tells the group: ‘Be yourselves, but be a bigger superstar than me! That’s your target!’
Viewers: One wrote: ‘Chris McCausland should win this, his calm manner made Chris Eubank look even more of a prat’
The outburst prompts another appalled grimace from Burrows, while McCausland struggles to contain his amusement, having evidently rattled Eubank.
‘I don’t mind telling him,’ he later admits to camera. ‘I mean, he’s not going to knock me out is he? I’m the only one helping him get around – he’d be f***ed without me!’
The boxer also broke down in tears over the death of his son Sebastian during an emotional moment on the next episode of the new reality show.
Sebastian, the third eldest of Chris’s five children, tragically died from a heart attack caused by an undiagnosed heart condition while swimming just a week short of his 30th birthday in 2021.
Unimpressed: Viewers were left unimpressed by the boxer’s behaviour
During last night’s episode of the Channel 4 programme, McCausland asked Chris, 56, about the loss and whether it had been recent.
The boxer replied: ‘It’s always going to be recent.’
Becoming emotional, he added: ‘He was everything. He was me. Poet, philosopher, lover, protector, a man of love. He was me.
‘Things he did, he was magnificent. My son was, is, an inspiration and will always be an inspiration.’
Speaking to the camera, Chris said: ‘Your son…. they never leave you, ever. They are always with you. Always.
Hitting out: ‘There’s a great saying,’ Eubank warns the comic. ‘It goes as follows; less said, easier to mend. I don’t want to have to mend the things I say to you, so don’t test me’
Seeing the funny side: McCausland struggles to contain his amusement, having evidently rattled Eubank
‘My son Sebastian is much more than I could ever explain to you.
‘The tragedy of losing a son who’s 29, imagine crying that hard, and then months later being grateful that you cried that hard for your son. It wasn’t one tear, it was an ocean.’
At the time of Sebastian’s death in 2021, Chris penned a heartfelt tribute on social media, telling his fans: ‘Never did I ever imagine I would write these words or experience the feeling I now have at the loss of my son.
‘My family and I are devastated to hear of the death of Sebastian just days before his 30th birthday.
‘Sebastian grew up in Hove in England, but in the last few years made his life in Dubai where he had a wide circle of friends and was a leader in the adoption of a healthy lifestyle and of alternative therapies.
‘As well as being a personal trainer and boxer, Sebastian was also a deep thinker who liked to challenge accepted wisdom.
Emotional: Eubank breaks down in tears over the death of his son Sebastian in an emotional moment in the next episode of the reality show Scared Of The Dark
Let’s talk: During last night’s episode of Scared Of The Dark, McCausland asked Eubank about his loss and whether it was recent. The boxer replied: ‘It’s always going to be recent.’
‘He was loved and respected by all who knew him and will be forever in the thoughts of friends and family.’
Sebastian was also a boxer and lived with his wife Salma Abdelati, 42, and son Raheem, who was born 32 days before his father’s death, in the United Arab Emirates.
Salma said she hoped Raheem, now two, becomes a heart surgeon in memory of his father who went by the name of the Alka Lion and fought in two professional fights, winning both.
Following his son’s death, Chris told Good Morning Britain : ‘I can’t tell you how proud I am of this man. He was my son and I loved him.
‘Every moment we spent together was my favourite but there were so, so many moments I missed when we weren’t together.’
‘The tragedy of losing a son who’s 29, imagine crying that hard, and then months later being grateful that you cried that hard for your son,’ Eubank said
Old times: Sebastian, a father of one, lived in Dubai with his wife Salma and son Raheem. He went by the name of the Alka Lion and fought in two professional fights, winning both
Previously: Eubank said of Sebastian (both pictured above): ‘Things he did, he was magnificent. My son was, is, an inspiration and will always be an inspiration’
Salma said she wanted her son to become a surgeon, adding: ‘If he picks up athletics as a side gig I wouldn’t mind. For me, he’s got to have a profession that helps people.’
The 42-year-old, who lost her father shortly after her husband, added: ‘Seb was so proud of his dad and felt very close to him. It was a deep and spiritual relationship. I see many similarities between them.’
Salma, who is originally from Sudan but grew up in Britain, said it was comforting to hear boxing legend Chris tells her son, ‘You are amazing’ – and she believed Sebastian, whom she described as ‘pure’, ‘would want me to be happy and move on’.
Scared Of The Dark is being screened over five nights until Thursday at 9pm on Channel 4.
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