Rachel Riley Twitter: Countdown star hits out at viewer after comment about her KNEES
COUNTDOWN presenter Rachel Riley, who is dating Strictly Come Dancing professional Pasha Kovalev, called out a fan on Twitter last night, after the social media user reportedly made a remark about the Channel 4 star’s knees.
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Rachel Riley was inundated with support after she hit out at a social media user on Twitter, who had made a comment about her legs.
Deciding to make an example out of the fan, the Countdown star admitted that she frequently received messages about how she looked.
Hitting back at the comment, which has since been deleted, the 32-year-old told her 546,000 followers: “I get these kind of messages every day... sorry but your opinion of my knees is of little interest.”
Explaining that he was actually a huge fan of the Channel 4 favourite, he penned: “Thanks lovely Rachel. Never had a reply from you before, after all the years making lovely comments, even running a Facebook #ClosedFanGroup for you with over 7000 Members… also donate & support all your favourite charities.. So loving you lots xx.”(sic)
I get these kind of messages every day... sorry but your opinion of my knees is of little interest.
Responding to the user in question, the former Strictly Come Dancing star added: “I do appreciate that thank you. Again, sorry I don’t mean to draw negative attention, just not too keen on being tagged into comments about how I look.
“Hope you understand.”
Another follower then requested to see his knees, to which the Twitter user confessed: “Absolutely c**p, at 73yrs they’ve done a lot of grovelling…!! Lol.”(sic)
Replying to the Countdown host, he went on: “Thanks for the likes & comments Rachel… especially yours. My apologies, no offence intended... my comment has now been deleted... but it certainly brought the #Trolls out of the woodwork."
Rachel replied: “Me neither, guess you would never realise the volumes of messages I and many other women get (maybe you might now) which can have a strange effect. No harm no foul!”
Fans flocked to the defence of the star, with one writing: “Who needs KNEES when you got MATHS and AWESOMENESS.”
Another admirer gushed: “I think you have magnificent knees Rachel.”
A third follower penned: “You look great OBVIOUSLY. And knees are the first thing I always notice on a woman.”
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“You look great people just jealous of you,” added a fourth.
It came just hours after Rachel shut down over-eager fans on the social media site.
Clearly not impressed by some comments made about her most recent post, the star drew attention to the cheeky messages with her witty responses.
Countdown airs weekdays at 2.10pm on Channel 4.