The death of former It girl Tara Palmer-Tomkinson yesterday has saddened many.
There has been an outpouring of grief on social media from her celebrity friends and members of the public alike.
It’s clear that the 45-year-old was loved for her eccentric and warm-natured personality.
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So it’s not too much of a surprise that people have waded in to defend the socialite’s memory after a radio host and journalist posted a less than gushing tweet about her passing.
Julie Hartley-Brewer, who hosts a weekday morning show on talkRADIO, tweeted to her 62,000 followers: “I’m sorry Tara Palmer-Tomkinson has died but can we please stop pretending she was anything more than a posh version of a reality TV star.”
Er, is ANYONE actually trying to suggest that she ever was anything more than this?
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At best, the message seems to us to be pointlessly provocative – at worst, a pathetic attempt to draw some publicity from being controversial.
How original.
Either way, the 48-year-old has been on the receiving end of some pretty vitriolic messages as a result.
One Twitter user summed up the sentiments of many other messengers, writing: “Why did you feel the need to say this? This is such an unnecessary thing to say about some who has just died.”
Julia responded: “Everything that anyone says about someone who’s died unnecessary.”
Pointless star Richard Osman replied “Jesus” to the tweet.
The unrepentant hack later tweeted: “Soooo much abuse on Twitter today. It’s like a YTS scheme for snowflakes. But at least it keeps them busy and off the streets.”
She’s a charmer, make no mistake…
Tara, who appeared on I’m A Celebrity… in 2002 and used to babysit Princes William and Harry, was found dead at her London apartment yesterday lunchtime.
Last October she revealed she had been diagnosed with a brain tumour in the January of 2016. The cause of death has not yet been announced.