Derren Loses £5000

One lucky member at the Belfast performance of Derren’s Mind Reader tour managed to win £5000 from Derren. Here’s what Derren says about it:

An audience member managed to win £5000 during Derren’s live show in Belfast.

For those of you who have seen the show you’ll know how the “what’s in the box?” section works. As it happens the guy who won was celebrating his birthday which Derren knew, obviously. Which is why he let him win, obviously…

That’s got to hurt more than walking on glass and shoving nails up your nose. Ouch!

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