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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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secondaryhell · 16/07/2026 20:50

Imagine if this was Dean himself trying to drum up interest on MN …..

momager22 · 16/07/2026 20:51

My friend has seen him on the dating apps years ago. Same for Sid Owen! He’s no looker, I can believe it’s taking him a long time to find ‘the one’ ….

Gonnagetgoingreturnsagain · 16/07/2026 20:52

Years ago he was said to be active in local clubs and bars in Croydon which was near where I lived. No I didn’t see him nor have sex with him.

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Gowlett · 16/07/2026 20:53

secondaryhell · 16/07/2026 20:50

Imagine if this was Dean himself trying to drum up interest on MN …..

I was just thinking it’s DG’s agent, angling for Celebrity Dating, Love Island etc… Unless he’s already been on all of those shows?

Delphiniumandlupins · 16/07/2026 20:55

Why not swipe right, meet up and see if it's really him?

Gowlett · 16/07/2026 20:55

Gonnagetgoingreturnsagain · 16/07/2026 20:52

Years ago he was said to be active in local clubs and bars in Croydon which was near where I lived. No I didn’t see him nor have sex with him.

I was active back then, down there too…

barleyfruits · 16/07/2026 20:55

Wouldn’t surprise me. I had Facebook messages off him

IveNeverShaggedDeanGaffney · 16/07/2026 20:55

Gowlett · 16/07/2026 20:53

I was just thinking it’s DG’s agent, angling for Celebrity Dating, Love Island etc… Unless he’s already been on all of those shows?

He's definitely been on celebs go dating....

Seemed to actually be a decent bloke but I think all those years of being a hanger-on to Wayne Lineker in Ocean Beach have probably not helped (yes I've been a few times but never saw him - did see Callum Best - what a knob)

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Over40Overdating · 16/07/2026 20:56

Highly likely. Tim Vincent used to be on there a lot using a pouty so serious picture from a younger era:

I haven’t been on tinder in about 5 years but prior to that was on and off for about 7 years and every time I reopened my account I matched with Tim. He never messaged!

BunnyLake · 16/07/2026 20:57

Buspassforever · 16/07/2026 20:33

What is Tinder?

Are you playing Jeopardy?

XDownwiththissortofthingX · 16/07/2026 20:58

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

Joe Swash. 😛

RiotNotDiet · 16/07/2026 20:58

He’s been on all the main dating apps over the years, whenever I go on them I see him. No idea if he’s the actual actor, I never try to match with him!

IveNeverShaggedDeanGaffney · 16/07/2026 20:58

Over40Overdating · 16/07/2026 20:56

Highly likely. Tim Vincent used to be on there a lot using a pouty so serious picture from a younger era:

I haven’t been on tinder in about 5 years but prior to that was on and off for about 7 years and every time I reopened my account I matched with Tim. He never messaged!

I used to fancy the pants off him when he was on Blue Peter!

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IveNeverShaggedDeanGaffney · 16/07/2026 21:00

XDownwiththissortofthingX · 16/07/2026 20:58

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

Joe Swash. 😛

Haha hell no. I don't mind giving more clues as I'm not ashamed - sportsman, been on IACGMOOH twice - turns out to be a massive misogynist with a doormat as 'one of' his girlfriends

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Gowlett · 16/07/2026 21:03

I’d consider Dean Gaffney, Tim Vincent, Joe Swash to all be of a category (add Olly Murs & Mark Wright). Would it be someone of this club?

IveNeverShaggedDeanGaffney · 16/07/2026 21:05

Gowlett · 16/07/2026 21:03

I’d consider Dean Gaffney, Tim Vincent, Joe Swash to all be of a category (add Olly Murs & Mark Wright). Would it be someone of this club?

Oh absolutely not. See my post above

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IveNeverShaggedDeanGaffney · 16/07/2026 21:06

And apparently I'm now his stalker - the cesspit of the internet forums never ceases to amaze

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AnAlpacaForChristmasPleaseSanta · 16/07/2026 21:07

IveNeverShaggedDeanGaffney · 16/07/2026 20:58

I used to fancy the pants off him when he was on Blue Peter!

So did I!!
Haven't heard his name since about 1997 so just googled him. He looks a bit um, worked on these days.

Lexy2345 · 16/07/2026 21:08

Match with him and ask him what he does for money these days. I’ve heard some unsavoury stuff.

IveNeverShaggedDeanGaffney · 16/07/2026 21:09

AnAlpacaForChristmasPleaseSanta · 16/07/2026 21:07

So did I!!
Haven't heard his name since about 1997 so just googled him. He looks a bit um, worked on these days.

Oh no, what a terrible day to have eyes! What has he actually done!

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AnAlpacaForChristmasPleaseSanta · 16/07/2026 21:12

@IveNeverShaggedDeanGaffney I think he inadvertently posed for a mugshot!

Could this Tinder profile really be Dean Gaffney?
MyWildOliveGoose · 16/07/2026 21:12

This man is on tinder.. hinge.. bumble all of the above lol my friends and I all had a bit of a laugh about it one night as one of us was swiping away and he popped up and then the conversation came about that we’d all seen his profile somewhere or other but all assumed it was fake.. so she matched him to find out 😅 he agreed to a video call through the app straight away and unless the fraud is very clever with AI - it was him! They then followed each other on instagram and he regularly posts that people don’t believe his profiles are real 🤣

JackJarvisEsq · 16/07/2026 21:12

Have I gone back to 2005?

IveNeverShaggedDeanGaffney · 16/07/2026 21:13

@JulietteHasAGun No. I used to be a member of Tattle but apparently they decided I was telling lots of lies about my life - I wasn't - so decided to make up equally stupid and untrue rumours about me.

Still do, despite me asking them to stop, the speculation about my life and in particular my sex life, goes on. Even though I'm literally nobody who has had a past with 1 actual celebrity. I don't deserve the ridicule I get.

This is from a group who apparently are so loving and incredibly supportive to each other...

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IveNeverShaggedDeanGaffney · 16/07/2026 21:14

AnAlpacaForChristmasPleaseSanta · 16/07/2026 21:12

@IveNeverShaggedDeanGaffney I think he inadvertently posed for a mugshot!

Omg wow 😯

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