A famous medium dramatically kicked a Channel 4 film crew out of his home, claiming a new online documentary “wrongly portrayed his psychic gift as fake”.
Chris Riley, 29, from Essex, who has earned £300,000 from his readings and has a host of celebrity clients including Gemma Collins and Love Island’s Maura Higgins, appeared in a new episode of YouTube series Life Uncovered from Channel 4.
Host and journalist Ben Zand wanted to find out more about Chris’s work for the episode titled Prove Me You’re Psychic and find out how it’s scientifically possible to connect with the other side.
However, during filming, Chris asked the crew to leave because he felt the documentary showed “intrusive and disrespectful behavior towards my profession.”
He is shown giving Ben a series of incorrect answers during a reading, but on Instagram, Chris alleged that production “selectively excluded footage from the show” and left out “a number of positive and accurate parts.”
Celebrity medium Chris Riley, 29, from Essex, who earned more than £300,000 doing readings, slammed Channel 4 saying a new documentary “portrayed his psychic gift as fake”.
In the film, Chris claims he has earned £300,000 giving 100,000 psychic readings since starting his practice.
Ben followed Chris to some of his readings with clients to understand the spiritual connection, and even sat in while the medium recorded an Instagram Live giving guidance to his followers.
In one clip, Ben said: “Some people seeing this won’t believe it’s possible.” In fact, I would love for this to be true, so how do we prove it to the audience?
Chris responded: “It’s fine, it’s absolutely fine, you know, I don’t have a problem with someone who doesn’t believe.” I’ve already done pretty well, I have a reputation for a reason.
Later in the episode, Ben received a reading from Chris and the psychic correctly guessed Ben’s mother’s name, but the host pointed out that Chris could have easily found the information on social media.
Chris added: “I’m not here to prove this to you, I’m here to tell you how I feel.”
Chris then brought up “Michael” and suggested that Ben has a “predominantly male family,” but Ben responded that he was “not right.”
Chris went on to ask: ‘So tell me, brothers?’
When Ben asked him why he had to give this information, Chris noted, “Because you’re telling me I’m not right, so you can explain it.”
Chris (left), who has a host of celebrity clients including Love Island’s Gemma Collins and Maura Higgins, appeared in a new episode of Channel 4’s YouTube series Life Uncovered with presenter and journalist Ben Zand (right) .
During filming, Chris asked the crew to leave after feeling the documentary showed “intrusive and disrespectful behavior towards my profession.”
On Instagram, Chris alleged that production “selectively excluded footage from the show” and excluded “a number of positive and accurate parts,” leading him to feel “cheated.”
Ben admitted that there is a ‘Michael’ in his family: his brother.
Continuing to read, Chris said he suspected Ben’s mother has “health problems and doesn’t talk about it.”
Chris then asked if his father was “one of three,” but Ben pointed out that his father “is one of about 16 kids.”
Frustrated, the medium put his hand toward the camera and said, ‘You can turn it off.’ Can’t. I don’t feel like reading any more, I’m sorry.’
Ben asked: ‘How so?’ and Chris said, ‘I don’t know if you’re being honest with me.’
Ben added: ‘I promise I’m being honest. I have no reason to lie about it.
Ben later filmed himself sitting in his car and said: “I just got kicked out of Chris.”
“He simply felt that he had been disturbed and became remorseful and demanded that we hand over the images to him. I feel bad because he’s been welcoming too, but it all ended in the worst possible way.’
Host and journalist Ben Zand wants to know more about Chris’s work and how it is scientifically possible to connect with the other side.
In the film, Chris claimed to have earned £300,000 from 100,000 psychic readings since starting his practice.
However, in his post, Chris denied having “been harassed” and said he asked the team to leave because he was “misled about the nature of the show.”
Chris added: ‘With almost 15 years dedicated to my work, both as a professional psychic for the public and with celebrities, I have no need to justify or demonstrate my abilities to a television channel and production company that takes a cynical approach towards the work they do. do. make and use my profile to attract media attention.
“I believe this program did not present a balanced view of psychic ability and seemed intended to cause embarrassment and alienate me with the benefit of attracting viewers to the channel to raise its own profile.”
A Channel 4 spokesperson said: ‘YouTube documentary series Life Uncovered Channel 4 sees journalist Ben Zand reveal often unconventional lifestyles and careers.
“The scenes in this film are a fair and accurate representation of what was captured as we followed Chris’s life and work.”
Mail Online has also contacted Zandland Films for comment.