Denise Welch forced to address claims she disappeared in hot air balloon crash
She was blown away by the rumours.
Denise Welch has clarified that she did not vanish in a mysterious hot air balloon incident after reports popped off online.
The Loose Women star reposted a puzzling article which said she had disappeared yesterday with four other passengers on her Instagram stories.
It claimed the 66-year-old had been travelling in a hot air balloon from the UK to France before it ‘dropped off radar, lost all communication, sparking an international search effort.’
Not letting the false report burst her bubble, Denise wrote alongside multiple crying laughing emojis: ‘Thank goodness they found me!!! WTAF??!!!’
She also reposted various satirical social media posts, including reports Lady Gaga had been enlisted in the hunt to find her and Sir Michael Caine had broken his leg after catching her from the sky.
The ITV star even shared a clip of herself strutting with her son The 1975 star Matt Healy’s fiancée Gabbriette with the caption: ‘When you’ve been missing for hours above France in a balloon.’
Denise shared satirical posts about her ‘vanishment’ (Picture: @denise_welch) The Loose Women star saw the humour in the situation (Picture @denise_welch)The fake news article claimed Denise had embarked on a ‘scenic journey across the English Channel’ before disappearing in ‘French airspace near Calais.’
It also falsely quoted a ‘Kent Police Chief Inspector’ who said: ‘We lost contact around 11.30 am. The balloon’s transponder stopped pinging and there’s been no word since. It’s utterly baffling.’
Quite.
This is not the first time Denise has been forced to shut down false stories about herself.
In 2023, she had to state she was alive and well after she was victim of a death hoax circulating on X.
Denise previously had to shut down rumours she had died after a death hoax (Picture: Ken McKay/ITV/Shutterstock)
