Kirstie Allsopp sparks ridicule by claiming she swallowed an AirPod

Kirstie Allsopp sparks widespread ridicule by claiming she accidentally swallowed an AirPod while taking her vitamins – and tells followers to ‘f**k off’ when they accuse her of ‘lying’

• Kirstie Allsopp has come under ridicule on social media for claiming she accidentally swallowed an AirPod after mistaking it for a vitamin
• The TV presenter, 50, took to Twitter on Sunday and claimed that she accidentally digested an AirPod while she was taking her vitamins
• She said she was sick and managed to dispose of the headphone before having to go to hospital to have it removed as she detailed the saga
• Kirstie shared a snap of what she claimed was the AirPod she swallowed in a bid to show unconvinced people that she was telling the truth

Kirstie Allsopp has come under widespread ridicule on social media for claiming she accidentally swallowed an AirPod after mistaking it for a vitamin.

The TV presenter, 50, took to Twitter on Sunday and claimed she accidentally digested an AirPod while she was taking her vitamins.

She said that she was sick and managed to dispose of the listening device before having to go to hospital to have it removed as she detailed the saga.

The Location, Location, Location host later fired off a series of angry tweets, even telling one follower to ‘f**k off’ when they accused her of lying about the mishap. 

Oh dear! Kirstie Allsopp (pictured in November 2019) has come under ridicule on social media for claiming she accidentally swallowed an AirPod after mistaking it for a vitamin

She tweeted: ‘In other news I just swallowed an AirPod while downing my vitamins, I don’t recommend it.

‘I’ve managed to chuck it back up without having to go to hospital, but my throat is really quite sore.’

Kirstie explained that she had put her vitamins in her pocket while getting a glass of water and accidentally swallowed the AirPod with the rest of her vitamins.

She added: ‘AirPods in pocket, put vitamins in pocket while getting glass of water, chucked vitamins into mouth, gulped water, go for second lot, see one AirPod in hand, check pocket, check handbag. Realise there’s only one place it could be.’

‘I just swallowed an AirPod!’: The TV presenter, 50, took to Twitter on Sunday and claimed that she accidentally digested an AirPod while she was taking her vitamins

 

Proof: Kirstie later took to Twitter to share a snap of what she claimed was the very AirPod she swallowed with her vitamins in a bid to show unconvinced people that she was telling the truth

The star kept updating her fans on the incident as she claimed it was ‘agony’ and said she initially wasn’t sure if the AirPod still worked.

She wrote: ‘Never again! Getting it, back up was agony and I’ve burst some little blood vessels around my eyes.’

‘Don’t know yet, but it still smells of sick and I’m not sure about putting it in my ear. Way too much information I know,’ she added in another tweet.

But on Tuesday morning, Kirstie claimed that her AirPod was still working despite her swallowing it, penning: ‘Morning All, Guess what? They still work!’

Updates: The star kept her fans informed on the incident as she claimed it was ‘agony’ and said she initially wasn’t sure if the AirPod still worked

However, her story was met by ridicule from other social media users, with some exchanging jokes about the incident while others argued that it didn’t happen.

Kirstie was quick to hit back at unconvinced users as she claimed that it would be a ‘bizarre’ thing to make up.

After one user said ‘this just didn’t happen’, she angrily responded: ‘Funny how the accusations of lying seem to be coming from the gaming contingent, and I’m the one living in a fantasy world?!’

‘Can’t really get my head around the ‘you’re lying’ crowd. It would be such a bizarre lie,’ she added in another tweet.

Disbelief: However, her story was met by ridicule from other social media users, with some exchanging jokes about the incident while others argued that it didn’t happen

And in a third tweet, she said: ‘I love that anyone thinks I have enough imagination to lie about this.’ 

Hitting back at her tale, one person wrote: ‘It might have shut you up for a while’, to which Kirstie quickly hit back by saying ‘zero chance of that mate’. 

Referencing her presenting gig, another quipped: ‘Good job it came back up or the AE team would be looking for its Location, Location, Location!’ 

A third said: ‘Jesus, at least look at what you’re swallowing, you’re not a performing seal’, to which Kirstie responded: ‘Oh, I don’t know?’. 

Other users referenced her comments from earlier this year when she sparked a heated debated after suggesting young people could afford to buy a house if they quit Netflix, gym memberships and coffee.

Heated debate: Kirstie was quick to hit back at unconvinced users as she claimed that it would be a ‘bizarre’ thing to make up

One person joked: ‘I will never afford a home while your generation has the luxury to eat electronics.’ 

Kirstie later took to Twitter to share a snap of what she claimed was the very AirPod she swallowed with her vitamins in a bid to show unconvinced people that she was telling the truth.

Alongside the snap, she simply wrote: ‘See, not quite as daft as some might say.’

But the picture prompted a flurry of new memes with one person editing the pills into a graphics about ‘hard to swallow pills’ as they poked fun at her blunder.

One person claimed that it was ‘odd’ that she hadn’t shared a photograph of the AirPod she said she had ingested, but Kirstie claimed that she picture she posted was the very headphone she swallowed.

Criticism: After the lengthy Twitter debate, Kirstie criticised people for sharing ‘unpleasant’ comments after her humorous tale

After the lengthy Twitter debate, Kirstie criticised people for sharing ‘unpleasant’ comments after her humorous tale.

She wrote: ‘I did something daft, which also served as a warning. Yesterday I got some lovely humorous replies. 

‘Today Twitter has gone insane with really horrible comments. It’s quite staggering how unpleasant people can be while telling you they have compassionate political leanings.’

In February, Kirstie sparked another heated debate after telling a newspaper youngsters would be able to afford their own place if they cut out the subscriptions.

She said they could move in with their parents for three years to save or find homes in cheaper areas up north if they are struggling.

The Location, Location, Location star (pictured) was told online people were giving up the luxuries so they could afford to ‘live in a bin’

Kirstie acknowledged it required ‘enormous sacrifices’ but said it ‘enraged’ her when people claimed they simply could not afford to buy.

Some social media users joked cutting back their expenditure – which came to around £30 per month – would do little to help them get on the housing ladder.

But others backed the Location, Location, Location star and told their stories of stopping excess spending.

She said: ‘When I bought my first property, going abroad, the EasyJet, coffee, gym, Netflix lifestyle didn’t exist.

‘I used to walk to work with a sandwich. And on payday I’d go for a pizza, and to a movie, and buy a lipstick. Interest rates were 15 per cent, I was earning £11,500 a year.’

The presenter acknowledged that interest rates were much lower today but added there are ‘new drains on the finances’ of today’s young first-time buyers.

She said streaming services, foreign holidays and gym memberships were now standard parts of young people’s lives, which was not the case for her.

Ms Allsopp said she bought her first home at the age of 21 with family help when owning your own home was seen as ‘the be all and end all’.

She added: ‘I don’t want to belittle those people who can’t do it. But there are loads of people who can do it and don’t. It is hard.

Property: Kirstie (right) presents property programmes Location, Location, Location and Love it or List It with Phil Spencer (left)

‘We’ve fallen into the trap of saying it’s impossible for everybody… It’s about where you can buy, not if you can buy. There is an issue around the desire to make those sacrifices.’

She went on the offensive following the backlash, and challenged people to try to get her cancelled from her TV shows.

She wrote: ‘Anyhow who thinks I have spent the last 22 years pretending to understand the needs of British homebuyers must think me a very good actress indeed.

‘If you don’t like the shows don’t watch them. But I’m beyond caring what the press or social media think about me, life is too short.

‘If you don’t like me do tell @Channel4, though the best way to put an end to me is not to watch the shows.

‘We’re filming the Christmas Show on Friday, maybe by the time it comes out in December it will have 0 viewers. You’ve got 9 months to achieve that. Ready, steady go.’

‘For all those people who bizarrely bang on about my Dad (who is a lovely man but had nothing to do with my career btw) I had a Mum, she was a huge influence on me and she mattered.’

Her father is Charles Henry Allsopp, 6th Baron Hindlip, a British peer and former general manager of Christie’s New York.

Her mother was Lady Fiona Hindlip, an interior decorator, who died from breast cancer in 2014 aged 66.

Hitting back: Kirstie (pictured in May 2018) went on the offensive following the backlash, and challenged people to try to get her cancelled from her TV shows

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