BEBO PEST'S THREATS TO SATURDAYS BABE UNA; He bombards singer's site with demands for dates.Byline: PAUL MARTIN SATURDAYS babe Una Healey is being terrorised by an online stalker who has bombarded her with threatening messages. The singer's Bebo page was flooded with messages from the oddball demanding that she dates him. And the Tipperary star, who is dating England rugby star Ben Foden, revealed: "This guy has been pestering me for months. "When I got rid of him off my bebo page he took on a new identity and came on as someone else posing as a friend of mine. "He started saying that I had destroyed his life and that he had turned into an alcoholic because I wouldn't meet him. "He said if I didn't go on a date with him he was going to drink himself to death. It was the first time I had experienced anything like that and it was a bit unnerving un·nerve tr.v. un·nerved, un·nerv·ing, un·nerves 1. To deprive of fortitude, strength, or firmness of purpose. 2. To make nervous or upset. . "I've finally got rid of him off my Bebo account now but there's always the thought in the back of your mind that he could be hanging around somewhere or turn up and confront me at a show or something. "But I just have to get over it and get on with my work. That's all I can do." Una, 27, has shot to stardom in the band who topped the charts with hits such as Up and Just Can't Get Enough. She confessed that after years of trying to hit the big time she now realises that fame isn't all it's cracked up to be. Una added: "We were out at a restaurant the other night and these paparazzi pa·pa·raz·zo n. pl. pa·pa·raz·zi A freelance photographer who doggedly pursues celebrities to take candid pictures for sale to magazines and newspapers. chased us around for the whole night. "We were sitting eating and there were four of them with their lenses stuck permanently against the glass looking through. "They followed us back to our apartment and then waited there until the next morning. "It's kind of mad to experience that first hand. It's a bit of a buzz the first time then you get over it pretty quickly." And Una confessed she's horrified hor·ri·fy tr.v. hor·ri·fied, hor·ri·fy·ing, hor·ri·fies 1. To cause to feel horror. See Synonyms at dismay. 2. To cause unpleasant surprise to; shock. at the prospect of the paparazzi catching her on an off day. She said: "We don't walk around all done up to the nines like you see on TV. So there is that horrible prospect of them catching you looking like a wreck on an off day." CAPTION(S): FAB FIVE Una, on left, with Frankie, Mollie mollie or molly, New World fish of the genus Mollienesia, in the same family as the guppy (see killifish). Mollies are found from the E and central United States to Argentina. , Rochelle and Vanessa HAIR-RAISING Una Healey finds glare of spotlight unsettling un·set·tle v. un·set·tled, un·set·tling, un·set·tles v.tr. 1. To displace from a settled condition; disrupt. 2. To make uneasy; disturb. v.intr. |
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