Denise Welch has been forced to reassure fans that she’s “alive and well” after falling victim to a “cruel” death hoax.
The 65-year-old Loose Women star logged into X, formerly know as Twitter, on Sunday (December 3) evening to share a message with her followers after seeing her name trending on the social media platform after her Wikipedia page was hacked and changed to read that Denise was “sadly killed”.
She posted an update informing her fans she was, in fact, “alive and well” and was about to tune into the latest episode of ‘’m a Celebrity. She wrote: “I’m alive and well and about to watch the jungle. Thanks for your concern” and accompanied her post with three embarrassed-face emojis.
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Fans rushed to their keyboards to support Denise, with one fan writing: “STOP POSTING SICK DEATH TWEETS ABOUT DENISE WELCH. IT’S NOT FUNNY..” Another agreed: “Why are people with Denise’s Wikipedia. What’s going on?”” A third said: “Hope your okay, so cruel.”
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It comes after Denise opened up to The Guardian about the mortifying incident which took place last November. The TV star confessed that she was wearing cream trousers when her husband spotted the stain. She confessed: “We were going to see my son Matty and his band, the 1975, at Madison Square Garden and I was walking through the streets, enjoying the sunshine, pretending I was in some kind of video – throwing my hat into the New York sky like Mary Tyler Moore.”
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The former Hollyoaks and Coronation Street star pointed out that although she isn’t as well-known over in the states, loyal fans of the singer still recognise her as his doting mother. Denise went on: “I saw a couple of people turn and look at me. Now, although I’m not famous in New York, whenever Matty’s there I do get recognised as his mum, so I’m smiling and waving at them. I went back to the hotel room and bent over to get something out of my suitcase, and my husband said, ‘Do you realise that you’ve s**t yourself?'”
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Earlier this year, Denise said she would be stepping away from the public eye temporarily following her 65th birthday. In an Instagram video, she thanked her followers for the “lovely messages and comments” that she has received for her birthday. She continued: “‘’m going off on a little adventure for a couple of weeks so I’m going to be off here and off my phone. I don’t quite know how I’m going to cope, but I’m going to give it a try, so don’t think I have disappeared. It’s just a temporary little holiday and I’ll be back soon. Thank you and au revoir for a couple of weeks!”
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