Countdown duo Rachel Riley and Anne Robinson have allegedly been rubbing each other up the wrong way on set.
Riley, who does the letters and numbers, replaced Carol Vorderman on the show 12 years ago, while The Weakest Link legend took on the presenting mantle earlier this year when Nick Hewer retired.
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Joining Lorraine Kelly on her eponymous TV show this week, Riley went on to describe her famously acerbic colleague as "not the cuddliest person in the world".
The 35-year-old added: "She's making it her own and she's getting some stuff out of the contestants and sometimes it's barbed, sometimes it's funny – it's got a different flavour."
Interviewed by The Sun a few weeks ago, one of Robinson's (unnamed) ex-producers said of their rift: "Anne is famously known for two things: her dislike of noise and time-keeping. She'll tolerate neither.
"Anne also has tinnitus and cannot bear excess sound. Rachel, with her big heels and even bigger personality, can be quite loud on set. Rachel used to chat to contestants before every show, and Anne found it hugely distracting.
"When Anne said she wanted silence, Rachel turned around in front of the whole studio and stated publicly that she disagreed; that she didn't find it necessary."
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Elsewhere in Riley's world, she's revealed that her time on Strictly Come Dancing eight years ago resulted in PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder).
"I needed cognitive behavioural therapy after competing in 2013 and developed post-traumatic stress disorder. If I heard the theme music, I'd start reliving the experience. It was scary and unnerving, so my way of dealing with it is to avoid watching."
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