Dan Osborne has come out as an anti-vaxxer in a bizarre rant to his 1.1 million Instagram followers.
The former TOWIE star, 29, took to social media to claim that the COVID-19 crisis is ‘all about money’, despite the pandemic causing a global recession which is the worst economic disaster since the Great Depression of the 1930s.
He also claimed that coronavirus ‘is not dangerous enough to be forcing a vaccine on the world’ and that he won’t be getting the jab – and neither will his three young children.
U Ok hun? Dan Osborne has come out as an anti-vaxxer in a bizarre rant to his 1.1 million Instagram followers
This comes as the global death tally reaches (at the time of writing) 3,709,397 deceased, with 172,242,495 confirmed cases and 1,638,006,899 vaccines administered.
As of Saturday, an estimated 40 million people in the UK alone have received at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine, out of the country’s 68 million population, placing Dan firmly in the minority.
The rant began on Saturday when he traveled home from Portugal and filmed himself in his car heading home from the airport.
‘I’ve said it from day one. People are going to have a go at me, but the whole thing is about money. The whole damn thing.
Driven to drink: Dan was then seen later in the evening asking his followers to stop bombarding him with responses, drinking beer and eating a take-out to cheer himself up
Oh dear! The former TOWIE star, 29, took to social media to claim that the COVID-19 crisis is ‘all about money’, despite the pandemic causing a global recession which is the worst economic disaster since the Great Depression of the 1930s
‘I’ve had hundreds, maybe thousands of messages about kids getting the vaccination. Personally that s**t isn’t even going in me – never mind my kids.
‘People do your research, it’s not good!’
On arriving home, the ex-Celebrity Big Brother contestant returned to his Instagram Stories, having clearly been met with a slew of outraged messages from fans slamming his anti-vaxxer stance.
He said: ‘People are going mad at me for talking bad about the vaccine. You guys are crazy!
‘All I’m saying is if there was a legitimate vaccine that actually works and is no harm to you, why would it not just be all the vulnerable people get the vaccine and that’s it.
Rant: He also claimed that coronavirus ‘is not dangerous enough to be forcing a vaccine on the world’ and that he won’t be getting the jab – and neither will his three young children
![Not gonna happen: Dan has insisted that his children [pictured are daughters, Ella, six, and Mia, two] won't have the vaccine](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2021/06/06/12/43888109-9657029-Not_gonna_happen_Dan_has_insisted_that_his_children_pictured_are-a-41_1622977488112.jpg)
Not gonna happen: Dan has insisted that his children [pictured are daughters, Ella, six, and Mia, two] won’t have the vaccine
Father and son: Dan is also father to son Teddy, seven, from a previous relationship
‘Why would a 12-year-old kid need a vaccine. If all the vulnerable people had had it and they were safe, why would anyone else need it? You just wouldn’t because it’s a 99.6 percent chance that you’re going to be fine with COVID-19.
‘It’s not dangerous enough to be forcing it on the world. That to me is suspect!’
Dan was then seen later in the evening asking his followers to stop bombarding him with responses, clearly having faced a backlash from them.
He was seen drinking beer and eating a take-out to cheer himself up, adding that he was feeling ‘nervous’ after the barrage of comments he had been inundated with after his rant.
The rant began on Saturday when he traveled home from Portugal where he said: ‘The whole thing is about money! The whole damn thing!’
Getaway: Dan and wife Jacqueline Jossa, 28, have been taking advantage of one of the few sunny destinations UK citizens can travel to on vacation. However, despite Portugal being on the so-called green list for travel, it was announced last week that it is being downgraded to amber
Dan was fresh off the plane from Portugal where he and wife Jacqueline Jossa, 28, have been taking advantage of one of the few sunny destinations UK citizens can travel to on vacation.
However, despite Portugal being on the so-called green list for travel, it was announced last week that it is being downgraded to amber – meaning Jacqueline and their daughters, Ella, six, and Mia, two, will have to quarantine when they return, if after Tuesday June 8.
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Dan, however, was returning early to watch his son Teddy, seven, from a previous relationship, play football, avoiding any need to isolate.
Source: Daily Mail
