SAS hardman Ant Middleton has labelled trolls as “cowards” and warned they’d have been given a “clip round the ear” in the old days.
The ex-soldier, 39, said he brushes off online insults as “water off a duck’s back”.
But he sympathises with some keyboard warriors who he claims must be “desperate”.
He said: “With negativity I flip it into positivity. Social media has bred a voice for cowards. If someone was going to be disrespectful back in the day they’d have to do it to your face and you’d give them a clip round the ear.”
The adventurer believes trolls are often struggling in their own lives.
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He said: “When you’re riddled with negativity, you have issues.
“But I do sympathise with people, like: ‘That’s really bad for you.’”
The SAS: Who Dares Wins host recalled a recent incident when a man asked him if he did discounts for members of the military who see his shows.
Ant believes when you’re riddled with negativity, you have issues
Ant explained it was not possible because he had no way to confirm his identity. When the man sent him abuse, the dad-of-five messaged him to ask him if he was struggling.
He offered him two free tickets and spoke to him.
The star said: “I brought him backstage and said: ‘Look, if you’ve got something to say don’t go about it that way’.
“If your life is that bad and you’re going down a road that you’re coming on to social media to highlight a point, then it’s a case that you’re desperate.”
Source: Celebrities - dailystar.co.uk
