Denise Welch has reassured her fans after a viral hoax claimed that she had gone missing in a hot air balloon over the north of France. The Loose Women host was the subject of unsubstantiated reports that a journey she had gone on from the UK to France by hot air balloon had gone awry. Signifying that these baseless reports were absolutely false, Welch shared a series of posts on Instagram poking fun at the claims.
The 66-year-old shared a headline reading: “Hot air balloon carrying Denise Welch disappears en route from the UK to France.” Responding with laughing emojis, Welch added: “Thank goodness they found me!!!” “There's hope for me yet!!” she said in response to a tweet that joked: “Lady Gaga begins search for Denise Welch and the lost hot air balloon herself – ‘I am looking for Densy.’” Welch also shared a video of casting assistant Kristian Wall flying a paper hot air balloon with “Denise” written on it.
“So lucky are those who got a sighting of my journey,” she joked in the post. In addition, a friend of Welch’s told The Sun : “Denise found the whole thing hilarious but was baffled as to why anyone would say she’s adrift in a balloon. Her family has been laughing about it.
” It comes after Welch’s son Matty Healy and his band The 1975 were announced as one of the headliners at the year’s Glastonbury festival . The British band will be joined by US pop star Olivia Rodrigo and icon Neil Young as the top acts at this year’s fes.
