A contestant on BBC's Only Connect quiz show has been forced to hit back at online trolls following her appearance on the show last week. After the show aired on Monday [August 12] Danielle Cope, who was part of the Al Frescans team, decided to scroll through X. And unfortunately, she was faced with a stream of unkind messages by online trolls, who made negative comments about her appearance - without mentioning that her team won by an outstanding ten points.
After browsing through the social media platform, it was reported that she was "shocked" to witness that most of the comments were about her, instead of the show. She wrote on X: "Browsing through tweets about Only Connect and was kinda shocked to see that most of them are about me. But then again I am a loud, fat, confident woman.
Maybe I should be proud that I have annoyed so many people! I cringed at 99% of the things I said too." She added: "Also funny that so many people take saying it 'hornèd viper' as pretension rather than silliness. Anyway, glad to have made an impression and helped the series get off with a bang.
Can't wait to just watch it like normal next week." And the BBC show's host Victoria Coren Mitchell , who is married to comedy star David Mitchell , also supported Danielle. She wrote: "Ssh now get away with you, you gorgeous creature.
Social media isn’t real, it’s just a place people go to shout things. You’re clever and fun and the viewers love you." And Danielle wasted no time in responding to her message and vowed to not allow the online bullies affect her.
The contestant wrote: "Thanks so much Victoria, you're totally right! I'm not letting it get to me." But Victoria was not alone, as other fans of the show rushed to X to show their support. One person said: "A guy who thinks he's fly and is also knows as a buster had me buckled.
Big up the loud confident women!!" Meanwhile another person wrote: "Danielle, genuinely I mean this - I thought you were terrific. There’s a reason the series opened with you. It’s because your character really shone through the screen.
It shouldn’t matter what women look like but you looked terrific! And you’re super clever! You’re my favourite." A third person penned: "Oh no! Watching last night, I thought how absolutely gorgeous you are. Funny, sparky, totally GOT Only Connect in the style of a true fan.
Honestly, you were brilliant. I was so pleased your team won. B****x to Haters.
" They added: "As a former quiz show contestant I’d advise anyone who’s on TV to never look themselves up on social media. The things people come out with is truly horrible and deeply unfounded. They’re just jealous it’s not them.
You did awesome, takes a lot of courage to go on a gameshow, I was too scared of online hate to go through with more applications." This comes after Victoria and David were pictured last month when attending The Farm Shop event, held in Mayfair, ten months after welcoming another child. The Peep Show star and Victoria announced the birth of their daughter June Violet, after her birth in October last year.
Enjoying a rare night off parent duty, they took the opportunity to enjoy the bash, which also saw comedian Katherine Ryan and TV presenter Claudia Winkleman, in attendance. Maintaining a silence over her pregnancy , she teased fans over her maternity leave as she said she had pre-recorded her TV shows and TV column. She wrote: "My TV column today is the last in a while - I'm taking a little sabbatical, though I HAVE recorded some TV shows for people to shout at in my absence.
For my last pre-break column I've written about Blankety Blank and my new friend Lozza." The couple first met at a party in 2007 but it took three years before they became romantically involved with each other. Follow Mirror Celebs on TikTok , Snapchat , Instagram , Twitter , Facebook , YouTube and Threads.
