Keith Lemon, 41, has revealed to The Mirror that he gets so much abuse from Twitter trolls that he is sometimes too scared to leave the house.
He said: “I get grief every day, it’s f***ing horrible.
“I get loads of trolls. I feel like I’m doing OK, then I’ll get someone on Twitter, saying ‘die of AIDS’."
Keith continued: “I had someone say ‘I’m planning your demise.’
“I had book signings, and my bird was like: ‘Don’t go – I think you’re going to get killed.’”
As we're all well aware, Keith Lemon is a character played by comedian Leigh Francis - but, making sure to stay in character, he went on to explain that he pities his tormentors.
He said: “I like going to showbiz dos, but I don’t really go to clubs. It’s too much hassle. You see a TOWIE person get beaten up in a club.
“You can’t go to those places because people get really jealous, or why else would they want to hit you?
“And you can’t judge them because maybe they’ve got a really s*** life and they’re jealous of your good life, so I don’t go to those places.”
Keith will apparently go "Twitter troll bashing" with This Morning's Phillip Schofield in his new series, The Keith Lemon Sketch Show.
Online bullies, beware.
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