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Could this Tinder profile really be Dean Gaffney?

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IveNeverShaggedDeanGaffney · 16/07/2026 20:26

On Tinder (I know....) and just seen a profile allegedly of Dean Gaffney. Didn't seem to be a mick take and the photos were candid rather than from the media but surely not? But then if you were catfishing I'm sure you'd pretend to be someone more interesting/attractive...

Funniest thing about it all is that a rumour was spread that I have actually been with him. I 100% haven't, but I do know someone who has and considers it an achievement....

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XDownwiththissortofthingX · 16/07/2026 20:31

I bet you totally did shag him 😛

IveNeverShaggedDeanGaffney · 16/07/2026 20:33

XDownwiththissortofthingX · 16/07/2026 20:31

I bet you totally did shag him 😛

I have higher standards than that 😂

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Buspassforever · 16/07/2026 20:33

What is Tinder?

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Gowlett · 16/07/2026 20:36

Are you famous yourself? Dean Gaffney level?

JulietteHasAGun · 16/07/2026 20:36

Not sure if I’m having déjà vu but I swear I read something months ago in an online paper /news site saying he was on Tinder.

Lexy2345 · 16/07/2026 20:37

Why would people spread a rumour about you having a relationship with a former soap actor? Seems a bit random. And now you’ve found him on a dating app? Why were you looking for him?

exhaustedandoverit · 16/07/2026 20:37

Buspassforever · 16/07/2026 20:33

What is Tinder?

What is Google?

WoollyPigeon · 16/07/2026 20:38

Buspassforever · 16/07/2026 20:33

What is Tinder?

What is Google?

WelshCakeLover · 16/07/2026 20:39

i know hes not a huge celeb but wouldnt he be on one of those dating things like that Raya instead of Tinder? 🤔😂

LondonLass2026 · 16/07/2026 20:39

You seem to be searching for attention. You want people to ask who you are. Sad.

IveNeverShaggedDeanGaffney · 16/07/2026 20:39

Gowlett · 16/07/2026 20:36

Are you famous yourself? Dean Gaffney level?

Haha no absolutely not, nor do I have any wish to be. Just someone who has had a bizarre run of ending up in places that I don't belong and made some questionable life choices with people who are definitely more famous than DG

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IveNeverShaggedDeanGaffney · 16/07/2026 20:39

WelshCakeLover · 16/07/2026 20:39

i know hes not a huge celeb but wouldnt he be on one of those dating things like that Raya instead of Tinder? 🤔😂

That's kind of what I thought

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Buspassforever · 16/07/2026 20:40

I'll get onto DGoogle, thanks

IveNeverShaggedDeanGaffney · 16/07/2026 20:41

LondonLass2026 · 16/07/2026 20:39

You seem to be searching for attention. You want people to ask who you are. Sad.

If people ask who I am I will tell them I'm a 40 year old, menopausal ex party addict with a boring job in the arse end of nowhere. That's my exact point. Happy now?

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XDownwiththissortofthingX · 16/07/2026 20:43

IveNeverShaggedDeanGaffney · 16/07/2026 20:41

If people ask who I am I will tell them I'm a 40 year old, menopausal ex party addict with a boring job in the arse end of nowhere. That's my exact point. Happy now?

Yeah, but I bet you weren't always a boring 40 year old, and probably have a few skeletons in your closet. Maybe even a Dean Gaffney shaped one...

😛

Ovoemconserva · 16/07/2026 20:43

I've heard quite a few people say they have seen him on tinder.

JulietteHasAGun · 16/07/2026 20:43

So who’s started rumours about you and him? Your friends? The press?

Fiendishandfiery · 16/07/2026 20:43

What an odd thread, who cares really?

IveNeverShaggedDeanGaffney · 16/07/2026 20:46

@XDownwiththissortofthingX no not always as boring as this but there's only one person I'd say was anyone notable, and it wasn't bloody Dean Gaffney

@Fiendishandfiery there's literally a thread running at the moment where apparently butter in the fridge is the most annoying thing in the world - I don't care about that, so I didn't comment - it's not mandatory you know

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HangryBrickShark · 16/07/2026 20:47

IveNeverShaggedDeanGaffney · 16/07/2026 20:26

On Tinder (I know....) and just seen a profile allegedly of Dean Gaffney. Didn't seem to be a mick take and the photos were candid rather than from the media but surely not? But then if you were catfishing I'm sure you'd pretend to be someone more interesting/attractive...

Funniest thing about it all is that a rumour was spread that I have actually been with him. I 100% haven't, but I do know someone who has and considers it an achievement....

A quuck google search says he is on Tinder and a number of other sites.

Could this Tinder profile really be Dean Gaffney?
Gowlett · 16/07/2026 20:48

I’ve never done OLD but I think to be on Raya you must be mid-alphabet-list at least, and be able to fund dinner at Sexy Fish.

IveNeverShaggedDeanGaffney · 16/07/2026 20:48

HangryBrickShark · 16/07/2026 20:47

A quuck google search says he is on Tinder and a number of other sites.

That's so random (apologies I maybe should have done that before starting the thread) - I've just been in Tenerife so maybe he was there, not that I had any intention of swiping right on him regardless

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zurigo · 16/07/2026 20:49

I saw him on the tube once in the 90s. He was reading his Eastenders script. No one paid him any attention.

IveNeverShaggedDeanGaffney · 16/07/2026 20:50

Gowlett · 16/07/2026 20:48

I’ve never done OLD but I think to be on Raya you must be mid-alphabet-list at least, and be able to fund dinner at Sexy Fish.

You'd be surprised who they let on there - I don't have personal experience just seen in magazines etc that ex Love-Islanders etc have been on it. I know someone personally who isn't even famous but has a well connected lifestyle and is on it (I don't know them well enough to get the details though)

Also Sexy Fish is a bloody awful place

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