Bobby Norris from The Only Way is Essex has told MPs that he has received almost daily death threats from online trolls during lockdown.
The reality star, 33, who has been in the cast of Towie since 2012, said that the frequency of the attacks meant he is now becoming “immune” to them.
Norris was giving evidence via videolink to the Commons petitions committee, which is considering evidence from people who have set up petitions as part of its work on tackling online abuse.
He set up a petition to make online homophobia a specific offence, and it was debated in Parliament last year after it attracted support from more than 150,000 people.
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