Nigel Farage has been left red-faced after being tricked into recording a paid tribute to Ian Watkins, the former Lostprophets frontman and convicted child sex offender, via the Cameo platform.<\/p>\n
The Reform UK leader issued a 30-second personalized video on Thursday, January 15 in which he unknowingly praised Watkins, who was serving a 29-year prison sentence for multiple child sex offenses before being killed at Wakefield Prison in October.<\/p>\n
In the video, Farage said: “This message is to pay tribute to Ian Watkins, a good man, a really good guy who was very much in contact with me, who loved his children and will be sorely, sorely missed by them forever.”<\/p>\n
He continued: “He will always hold a very special place in everybody’s heart. And remember what he always said, ‘mad lolz’ \u2013 well, I’ll tell you what, that does just about sum up the world, doesn’t it? Sorry for your grief, but please try and keep some happy memories.”<\/p>\n
The video quickly circulated online, prompting widespread backlash once it became clear Farage had been referring to the disgraced musician.<\/p>\n