Death in Paradise's Ralf Little talks 'extremely painful' discovery about family member
RALF LITTLE has taken to social media to reveal an "extremely painful" discovery he made about his great-grandad.
Ralf Little reveals great grandfather’s ‘painful’ decision
Ralf Little has taken to Instagram to address an "extremely painful" discovery about his great-grandad. It comes as the Death in Paradise star, 42, appeared on a recent episode of Who Do You Think You Are? in a bid to learn more about his heritage.
That's extremely painful to me
In view of his 136,000 followers, Ralf penned the clip: "Probably the worst thing I learned," ahead of a laughing face emoji.
Addressing his followers, he said: "So here I am having just discovered that my great-grandad gave up his international football career and renounced it all in favour of this," Ralf said while panning around a church.
"Religion," the actor said deadpan into the camera.
He went on: "Now, not to disparage anyone's beliefs, but I'm an atheist.
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"And as an atheist who loves football, that's extremely painful to me," he ended the clip.
During the BBC show, Ralf found out his great-grandfather had been a talented footballer and had scored for his prestigious team during an important match.
Ralf celebrated the victory, explaining he was "delighted" despite the match having taken place over a century ago.
An expert discovered a photograph that he brought to Ralf of the team his relative played for.
"So here's a photograph from your great-grandfather's era," he explained. "See if you can see him."
Pointing towards a young man, Ralf asked: "Oh, this guy?"
After his identity was confirmed, Ralf added: "Oh, you see I've only seen pictures of him from when he was about 40. But I guess he's, what, 20 here?"
"So here he is about 20, yeah," the expert agreed, continuing: "He was a forward. In some press match reports he's described as the centre-forward - goal scorer."
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He showed the actor a newspaper clipping covering the game.
Ralf read: "'25th March, 1894. Wales and border counties challenge cup final tie, Chirk v. Westminster Rovers', what a headline!"
As he heard more about the game, he commented: "Wow, okay. This is quite a big cup final, then."
Following Ralf's post his followers took to the comments to address his video.
Instagram user Chutneytree wrote: "Just watched this episode. It was a good one.
"I’d feel the same as you re religion and would be equally disappointed. However what a legacy he left behind in terms of his footballing career no matter how short."
While Jceb2014 argued: "He had faith and a belief that he was prepared to devote himself wholly.
"If you could have stood and talked to him for a while I wonder if perhaps his decision would have made more sense?" they added.