Paddy McGuinness gets tattoo in honour of emotional Children In Need charity bike ride
Following his whopping 300-mile bike ride challenge for Children in Need, comedian Paddy McGuinness has got a tattoo in order to mark the occasion.
The 51 year old shared the tribute on Instagram, after he cycled through three nations and eight counties over the course of a week and covered over 300 miles in distance to help raise funds for Children in Need. Now the former Top Gear host has revealed he has a tattoo of Patch in honour of Pudsey Bear. Writing to his 2million followers, Paddy captioned the snap: 'I promised you I’d get a Patch tattoo if we raised over £10 million. Well we raised £10.5 million!!!".
The former Take Me Out host continued: "Big thanks to for giving up his time and donating his fee to I’ll be telling you all about it on my show 11:00 - 13:00 this Sunday… along with the big reveal! 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."
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Paddy embarked on the epic cycling challenge in November - beginning in Wrexham, Wales and crossing the finish line in Glasgow - in order to gather donations for Children in Need, which dedicates its efforts to bettering the lives of disadvantaged children across the UK.
And his intense effort paid off massively, as he's raked in millions for the cause. In fact, by mid 15 November, the tally had soared past £8 million, and it kept climbing even after the annual Children in Need broadcast that evening. On his BBC Radio 2 show, Paddy was thrilled to announce the total - at the time - had surpassed £9 million, sharing his amazement at the ever-growing figure.
Overwhelmed, he exclaimed on air: "Can you believe that we're over nine million pounds? My days, that is unbelievable. Do you know what you've done folks? This is you lot. This is you, listen. This is you (lining) the streets.
"This is the people who couldn't get down because they were working, or you were all home and just couldn't make it, but you've got online and you did this (donated). This is you lot." He then expressed his gratitude to his supporters, mentioning the influx of supportive messages, letters, and drawings from children.
Eager for more charitable contributions, he took to social media to flaunt the fruits of his labour, lounging on a couch with an adorable Pudsey Bear toy. He proudly announced: "Look what YOU did!!! £9,124,609 and it's still going up!! "
