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Phillip Schofield mocked on Twitter for walk on Westminster Bridge

Viewers thought he hadn't done anything special

Are you getting a bit sick of online trolls, yet?

Oh good, cos we are!

After all who are they and what power do they actually hold?

The answer is none, of course. They are total no ones determined to make their mark in the world by being rude and nasty about people we love.

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And this week, the trolls were out in force and had Phillip Schofield, of all people, in the main line of fire.

Two days after the Westminster terrorist attack, the silver fox posted a picture on Instagram of him walking across Westminster bridge and it resulted in sad keyboard warriors sending out vile messages.

Alongside the image he said: “Walking across Westminster in tribute and defiance @Westminster Bridge.”

While many of his followers admired and inspired by his brave stance, many fans were left unimpressed with Phillip’s post.

One sarcy user said: “Wow seriously @schofe? Right across the bridge? Unbelievable man, big respect. Not many people would walk across a bridge in central London, but you just went right ahead and walked across a bridge. The world needs more people like you, willing to walk across a bridge like it’s the most natural thing in the world.”

Meanwhile another bedroom-based no-hoper sniped, “Walking in ‘defiance’? Defiance of what? He walked across that bridge on what was probably the safest day ever.”

A third moaner wrote: “Rest easy everyone, fearless Phil has done exactly the same as 1,000’s of others today, utterly pathetic.”

Some folks were so angry that they even created memes showing Pip placed onto the artwork of famous war hero movies, poking fun at his braveness at crossing the bridge where the atrocities happened.

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Meanwhile, Eamon Holmes also caused controversy of his own by stating that he thought it was too early for the bridge to be back open to traffic just a mere 24 hours after the attack, which saw four people dead and many injured.

“I think it opened too quickly,” he said. “I think politicians talk about this stiff upper lip and back to business thing but I actually think out of decency they should have closed the pedestrian walkway.”

“We knew where certain people were killed.”


Christian Guiltenane
Freelance Writer