Moment when a celebrity medium who has earned £300,000 throws out the Channel 4 crew after giving the presenter a series of wrong answers during a paranormal reading to 'prove' his skills

A celebrity psychic dramatically threw a Channel 4 film crew out of his home, claiming a new online documentary wrongly 'portrayed his psychic ability as disingenuous'.

Chris Riley, 29, from Essex, who has earned £300,000 from speaking engagements and has a host of celebrity clients including Love Island's Gemma Collins and Maura Higgins, appeared in a brand new episode of Channel 4's YouTube series Life Uncovered.

For the episode Prove To Me You're Psychic, presenter and journalist Ben Zand wanted to know more about Chris's work and how it is scientifically possible to connect with the other side.

However, during filming, Chris asked the crew to leave after he felt the documentary showed “intrusive and disrespectful behavior towards my profession.”

He was shown giving Ben a series of wrong answers during a lecture, but on Instagram Chris claimed that production had 'selectively excluded footage from the programme' and excluded 'a number of positive and accurate parts'.

In the film, Chris claimed he has made £300,000 by giving 100,000 psychic readings since he started his practice.

Ben followed Chris to some of his readings with clients to understand the spiritual connection, and he even sat in as the medium recorded an Instagram Live to guide his followers.

In one clip, Ben said: “Some people watching this won't believe it's possible. I'd actually like this to be true, so how do we prove that to the public?'

Chris replied, “That's okay, that's absolutely fine. You know I have no problem with someone who doesn't believe. I've done well enough, I don't have a reputation for nothing.'

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 mentioned a 'Michael' and suggested that Ben has a 'strong male family', but Ben replied that he was 'not right'.

Chris continued asking, “Tell me, siblings?”

When Ben questioned why he had to give this information, Chris said, “Because you're telling me I'm not right, so you can explain.”

Ben admitted that there is a 'Michael', his family: his brother.

Chris continued reading and said he suspected Ben's mother “has health issues and doesn't talk about them.”

Chris then asked if his father was “one of three,” but Ben pointed out that his father was “one of about sixteen kids.”

Frustrated, the medium put his hand to the camera and said, 'You can turn it off. I can not do it. I don't feel like reading any further, sorry.'

Ben asked, “Why is that?” and Chris responded with, “I don't know if you're being honest with me.”

Ben added, “I promise I'm honest. There's no reason for me to lie about it.'

Later, Ben filmed himself sitting in his car saying: 'I just got kicked out of Chris.

'He just felt he was being harassed, regretted it and demanded we give him the footage. I feel bad because he welcomed me too, but it ended in the worst possible way.”

However, in his post, Chris denied he had been 'messed around' and said he had asked the crew to leave because he had been 'misled about the nature of the programme'.

Chris added: 'With almost 15 years dedicated to my work, both as a professional psychic for the public and celebrities, I do not have to justify or prove my abilities to a TV channel and production company that takes a cynical approach to work that I do. and use my profile to attract media attention.

'I believe that this program failed to provide a balanced view of paranormal abilities and seemed intended to embarrass and alienate me, with the advantage of attracting viewers to the channel to to strengthen your own profile.'

A Channel 4 spokesperson said: 'In the YouTube documentary series Life Uncovered Channel 4, journalist Ben Zand exposes the often unconventional lifestyles and careers.

“The scenes in this film are an honest and accurate representation of what was captured as we followed Chris' life and work.”

Mail Online has also contacted Zandland Films for comment.