EXCLUSIVE: I am A Movie star star Dean McCullough has revealed the chilling messages he is been despatched after his look on the ITV present, leaving him fearful of being attacked

Police are probing demise threats despatched to I’m A Movie star star Dean McCullough.

Web trolls have been bombarding the Radio 1 presenter with chilling messages since his stint on the ITV present. It has left him terrified he shall be attacked.

Dean, 33, advised the Day by day Star Sunday: “After I got here out of the jungle, I began getting so many demise threats. Individuals inform me they need I’d bought AIDS and died or that in the event that they see me on the street they’re going to batter me.

“Individuals had been saying they had been to come back to my work on the BBC and my home. It harm. It was actually heavy stuff.”

Panicked Dean reported the threats to Higher Manchester Police. They’ve launched an investigation and enlisted assist from different forces.

Dean mentioned: “The police got here to my home and took a press release and now the small print have been handed to police forces throughout the UK. They’re investigating. They’ve already managed to establish a few of the individuals who despatched me demise threats.

“There are 35 totally different accounts that had been classed as having malicious contact and 12 of them had been aggravated malicious contact, which is mainly a demise menace. They’re being recognized.”

Dean has hit all-time low due to the abuse. He mentioned: “I had an absolute ball once I was within the jungle, so to come back out and have all of that pleasure taken away from me was such a disgrace. I used to be actually shocked. I couldn’t consider folks would write these issues.

“While you’re feeling weak and also you get a nasty remark, it will possibly actually knock you for six. I needed to cover for a bit. I spent just a few months underneath my cover. It was such a wrestle to stand up.

“These folks bought aggravated by me dwelling my greatest life on a TV present. It’s such a disgrace that they ship me abuse.”

Defiant Dean is now decided to have the final chortle. The star had continues presenting his weekday afternoon present on Radio 1 and on Saturday, he did a DJ set at Manchester Pleasure.

He mentioned: “I’m not going anyplace. I’m not going to vary. I’m not going to dim my mild simply to please the trolls who say they need me to kill myself. I’m going to proceed being out and proud in my each day life.”

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