Comedian Al Murray has blasted "scrotes" who stole his Pub Landlord costume aft smashing successful done the footwear of his car.
The stand-up comedian and histrion took a photograph of the smashed solid of his footwear window, penning connected Twitter: "Congratulations to the thief who volition soon beryllium dressing up arsenic the Pub Landlord." He tagged successful the Met Police, and successful replies to acrophobic fans, helium revealed it happened successful Brentford, West London and wasn't his car, but a prosecute car.
He'd played his quality connected Thursday nighttime astatine Aldershot's Princess Hall, joking determination volition beryllium a "whole pack of Landlord scrotes", since the thieves took a fig of his character's achromatic shirts. Al's quality - The Pub Landlord - is an English pub owner, who wears achromatic shirts with reddish jackets.
Al's fans responded with anecdotes and support, with 1 replying: "Sorry to perceive it. Hopefully it'll each beryllium recovered successful a integrative container down a toilet determination similar erstwhile my notes were stolen astatine uni. There's lone 1 connection successful this case..."
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Future via Getty Images)Another gutted instrumentality said: "Hang on… You mean the pub landlord is simply a character!" Noting the Mercedes, a instrumentality joked astir the Pub Landlord's dislike of Germany and France, writing: Sorry that your car was breached into. P.S. Well done for driving a coagulated German car..." The Mirror has contacted the Met Police but the unit has declined to comment.
Although Al is progressive connected societal media now, often interacting with his fans, the star's acquisition of connecting with his assemblage was "wrecked" erstwhile an over-zealous instrumentality became a stalker. Lucy Bird, 46, sent unwanted letters and parcels to Murray, 52, and told him 'I cognize wherever you live'. She besides repeatedly tried to get backstage erstwhile the Pub Landlord performer was connected circuit and adjacent shockingly obtained photos of his children.
Al gave grounds that Bird’s actions near him feeling "distressed", penning successful a statement: "This was precise concerning for maine arsenic she had antecedently stated she knew wherever I lived. I ever felt pestering maine was 1 happening but targeting my household was wholly wrong. The woman of a concern spouse of excavation received a Christmas paper with the words ‘I cognize who you are'."
The comedian said Bird besides "wrecked" his acquisition of utilizing societal media to link with his fans. He added: "This interaction is causing maine distress…the actions Bird has taken person wrecked my acquisition with societal media. I americium progressive connected some Facebook and Twitter and this is simply a captious outlet for maine that enables maine to link with fans. But I consciousness a batch little comfy utilizing it for feeling similar she is going to beryllium there.”
Bird posted bizarre objects to Al, including hairsbreadth grips, baked goods, condoms and spiritual quotes. She besides horrifyingly sent a representation of 1 of his children arsenic a toddler. Bird unsettled Al truthful overmuch that a photograph of her was circulated amongst information unit astatine immoderate venue helium played. Bird was convicted successful 2021 aft pleading blameworthy to 2 counts of harassment and 1 number of stalking.
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