Loose Women star Denise Welch breaks silence after being targeted in death hoax online
DENISE Welch has been forced to respond after being targeted by an online death hoax.
The 65-year-old took to social media after her Wikipedia page was updated to claim she’d been involved in a bizarre accident with Big Brother stars Kerry Riches and Farida Khalifa.
A now-deleted paragraph read: “Denise Welch sadly was killed after being ran over by Kerry Riches’ mobility scooter after it was hijacked in a drunken rampage by Farida Khalifa, hair and make up artist for the traveller and gypsy community.”
But Loose Women star Denise hit back, saying: “I’m alive and well and about to watch the jungle. Thanks for your concern.”
The actress – mum to The 1975 frontman Matty Healy – also hit the headlines for a very different reason at the weekend.
During an interview with The Guardian, Denise was asked to recall her “most embarrassing moment”.
She said: “S******* myself in New York last November.
“I was wearing cream trousers. 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.
“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 the suitcase, and my husband said ‘Do you realise you’ve sh*t yourself?'”
Last month Denise revealed the surprising reason Matty – who she shares with ex-husband Tim Healy – missed her wedding to Lincoln Townley.
During an episode of Loose Women, Denise explained: “Matty, my Matthew, he missed my wedding to Lincoln.
“I remember when he called me I was doing a play. And he said ‘Mum what would you say if I told you I can’t make your wedding?’ It was 10 years ago.
“And I said, ‘I would never forgive you,’ and he said, ‘even if I was supporting the Rolling Stones at Hyde Park?’
The panel and the live studio audience both burst out laughing as Denise continued: “It hurt me, but I completely understood.