Sleazy celeb Twitter scandal

Comedian admits sending 'racy' messages to female fan...

10:00 05 November 2010

Comedian Jason Manford is the latest celebrity to be caught out on Twitter after he admitted sending racy messages to a female fan.

The married father-of-two is said to have exchanged a series of messages with 22-year-old Debra McNamee via the social networking site.

According to The Sun, the One Show presenter begged Debra to send him photos of herself topless.

McNamee first sent the comedian a message on 22 October then began to receive replies from Manford, who is father to one-year-old twin girls.

She said: "At first he just asked me about my dog and what I was up to and things like that, but after a while it started to get a bit more flirty. When he thought no-one would know, he started getting more and more racy in what he said.

"I think he was bored on tour and thought he'd never get found out. He'd ask me for photos and then tell me how excited he was by them. He asked me if I could keep it secret and he told me I looked sexy."

Manford has since apologised for his behaviour, saying: "I can see now that what started out as a bit of messing about and having a laugh on Twitter has been misjudged and I'd like to apologise to anyone that this has offended as that was the last thing I ever intended to do."

The comedian lives in Cheshire with his wife, Catherine, who is currently pregnant with the couple's third child.