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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Michael Savage Media editor

Michael Barrymore becomes unlikely TikTok star with nearly 5m followers

Michael Barrymore sitting in a car eating a Colin the Caterpillar cake, dog treats and a custard cream cake.
Michael Barrymore eating a Colin the Caterpillar cake, dog treats and a custard cream cake. Photograph: themichaelbarrymore

Filming from the driver’s seat of his car, with his pet whippet, Lara, in the background, Michael Barrymore shows an array of dog treats he has collected to test to the camera. There’s a twist, though: it won’t be the dog doing the testing.

In a series of quick edits, the fallen star of primetime 1990s television grimaces his way through cheese biscuits and pork sausages. The lamb spaghetti is particularly challenging, though he claims to quite like the chicken sausage slices.

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