My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding star Paddy Doherty has responded to tributes from “beyond the grave” after being “killed off” by sick web trolls.
The well-known traveller was compelled to put up a video to his channels reassuring followers that “I’m alive” after a pretend information website introduced his dying to an enormous coronary heart assault yesterday. The bombshell sparked a wave of emotional tributes to the Celebrity Big Brother winner and despatched his cellphone into meltdown.
Speaking solely to the Daily Star at present, Paddy stated: “I do not know who’s doing it however they should have a tragic life to do a factor like that. It’s sick, some individuals have to be jealous.
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“The complete factor p****d me off and it knocked the stuffing out of my spouse, she’s on the sting of her nerves as it’s.
“My phone was going nuts with calls and messages. A lifelong friend called me crying, I asked her: ‘did I have to die for you phone me up?’,” he joked.
While the ordeal sickened Paddy, he admitted he was touched by the outpouring of affection from followers and pals.
“The love I received was unbelievable,” he stated, after having the ability to learn his personal tributes from past the grave.
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“I didn’t know that many people cared. I’m so happy and pleased and just like there’s no end to the sea, there’s no end of the love I have for the people who contacted me.”
The 64-year-old spoke of the highs and lows of being the “first traveller to be recognised as a celebrity,” however stated the nice factor to come back out of his movie star standing is having the ability to use it to assist charitable causes, which he continues to do.
The dying put up featured on the Traveller Bible Facebook web page and attracted hundreds of tributes and shares. It was accompanied by pictures of when Paddy saved individuals up to date from his hospital mattress when he was struck down with coronavirus a number of years in the past.
The Traveller Bible has since eliminated their put up which linked to a narrative on a pretend information website.
When contacted by the Daily Star, they stated: “Yeah we just repeated news from another page. Is it a hoax?”
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