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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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IveNeverShaggedDeanGaffney · 17/07/2026 09:42

JulietteHasAGun · 16/07/2026 22:54

To be fair i think Tattle is like that. You could be a vaguely known poster on there and someone gets a bee in their bonnet and then starts a massive thread about you? Not that I go on Tattle (much) but someone I used to worth had threads and threads about them on tattle and they’re a total nobody. I did obviously go on to read the threads. 😁

Thank you - it's the hypocrisy I can't stand. They claim to be oh so kind and nice on there (not like MN apparently) yet I have been mocked and ridiculed for nothing for years - they've decided I must be fair game and I have no idea why. They are aware of my autism and mental health difficulties and I've specifically asked them to stop but they don't

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DrAmanitaPhalloides · 17/07/2026 09:53

Tattle:.....
Noddy: Tattle won't stop talking about me.
Tattle:...
Noddy: Tattle said I slept with Dean Gaffney.
Tattle:...
Noddy: I'm going to start a thread about Dean Gaffney and blame it all on Tattle.
Tattle: Oh, she's started a thread about Dean Gaffney.
Noddy: See I told you!! Tattle are talking about me and Dean Gaffney and I don't know why.

IveNeverShaggedDeanGaffney · 17/07/2026 09:57

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JustWhatWeDontNeed · 17/07/2026 10:02

My mate has seen him on Hinge.

Also Toby Anstis 😬

I wouldn't touch Gaffers with a barge pole, personally. But I'd possibly have lunch with Anstis.

DrAmanitaPhalloides · 17/07/2026 10:05

Aren't you a delight.**

DrAmanitaPhalloides · 17/07/2026 10:07

Tbf I rather enjoy being fat and lazy, next time pretend you slept with Rege-Jean Page or someone even remotely hot.

ThatCyanCat · 17/07/2026 10:09

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You're Noddy?

BoilingHotand50something · 17/07/2026 10:12

This is probably the strangest thread I have ever seen.

Nopuedeser · 17/07/2026 10:21

IveNeverShaggedDeanGaffney · 17/07/2026 09:42

Thank you - it's the hypocrisy I can't stand. They claim to be oh so kind and nice on there (not like MN apparently) yet I have been mocked and ridiculed for nothing for years - they've decided I must be fair game and I have no idea why. They are aware of my autism and mental health difficulties and I've specifically asked them to stop but they don't

With all respect, you need to be taking this up with Tattle. We are not Tattle. We don’t care about Tattle.
ETA if you want them to stop talking about you shagging Dean Gaffney(!), probably best not to start a thread about Dean Gaffney?

Nopuedeser · 17/07/2026 10:28

BoilingHotand50something · 17/07/2026 10:12

This is probably the strangest thread I have ever seen.

Isn’t it just? Someone with a username referencing Dean Gaffney starts a thread about Dean Gaffney, but turns quickly descends into slagging off another random forum for talking about her and Dean Gaffney, while randomly dropping in that she once shagged David Haye.

Heylittlesongbird · 17/07/2026 10:28

Can I just check my understanding:

You’ve had beef with Tattle in the past and been banned.

Someone on tattle said you’ve shagged Dean Gaffney which you’ve (understandably) denied, despite admitting to a number of other low level conquests.

You say Tattle won’t stop talking about you and you don’t like that.

So, to keep a low profile, you start a thread saying you’ve matched with him on tinder, you’ve never shagged him and the Tattlers all say you have, oh the irony.

Then you wonder why Tattlers come and join in the thread, which without their contribution would have probably had hardly any engagement.

Personally, I find that quite an unusual approach to ensure they leave you alone and one could see it as somewhat attention seeking.

raquarita · 17/07/2026 10:35

I thought Tattle was a website for discussing influencers and celebrities, not people who claim that they've shagged a one-time celebrity.

Do they have a thread about you? Are you a celebrity or influencer of some kind? Or do you just think you are?

IveNeverShaggedDeanGaffney · 17/07/2026 10:39

@raquarita No that's entirely my point - I was a member on there and haven't been for years but they think it's hilarious to rip the piss out of me on a regular basis. I'm literally just a normal person living a normal life. I don't think I'm anybody and nor would I want to be. They harp on about how caring they are yet I'm considered fair game - as above the latest is that I'm fat and lazy and have no life...apropos of nothing

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LeaveMeBee · 17/07/2026 10:40

Buspassforever · 16/07/2026 20:33

What is Tinder?

Have you been living under a rock 🤣

Lexy2345 · 17/07/2026 10:46

raquarita · 17/07/2026 10:35

I thought Tattle was a website for discussing influencers and celebrities, not people who claim that they've shagged a one-time celebrity.

Do they have a thread about you? Are you a celebrity or influencer of some kind? Or do you just think you are?

I would love to know the answer to this as well.

IveNeverShaggedDeanGaffney · 17/07/2026 10:47

@Lexy2345 answered above

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Julymoy · 17/07/2026 10:50

IveNeverShaggedDeanGaffney · 17/07/2026 10:39

@raquarita No that's entirely my point - I was a member on there and haven't been for years but they think it's hilarious to rip the piss out of me on a regular basis. I'm literally just a normal person living a normal life. I don't think I'm anybody and nor would I want to be. They harp on about how caring they are yet I'm considered fair game - as above the latest is that I'm fat and lazy and have no life...apropos of nothing

So why have you come on here stirring everything up?

I'm so confused.

If you want attention go to Tattle. If you don't, stop talking about and let them get on with whatever nonsense they get on with.

Please see the post about how some people attract drama.

Nofeckingway · 17/07/2026 10:50

I give up . Are you Katie Price ? If so I think you probably did shag Dean Gaffney . Own it girlfriend.

IveNeverShaggedDeanGaffney · 17/07/2026 10:52

Julymoy · 17/07/2026 10:50

So why have you come on here stirring everything up?

I'm so confused.

If you want attention go to Tattle. If you don't, stop talking about and let them get on with whatever nonsense they get on with.

Please see the post about how some people attract drama.

I'm not on Tattle. I just thought it was amusing that he came up on my Tinder. That's all.

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Julymoy · 17/07/2026 10:56

IveNeverShaggedDeanGaffney · 17/07/2026 10:52

I'm not on Tattle. I just thought it was amusing that he came up on my Tinder. That's all.

So why are you talking about Tattle?

Anyhooooo... I hope it rains here soon. My water butts are completely empty.

Badbovril · 17/07/2026 10:56

Now I want to know what the boxer was like...

Badbovril · 17/07/2026 10:58

Surely the age range of the women Gaffney is into wouldn't have heard of him?

DrAmanitaPhalloides · 17/07/2026 11:05
  1. It's not been years.
  2. You were on MN saying something about being too teeny tiny for a car, I'm not sure wasn't paying attention.
  3. You flounced from MN.
  4. You went to Tattle yourself. And said everyone on MN was mean to you.
  5. Tattle is a forum about celebs, so you start sharing stories yourself about hanging out with and sleeping with celebs, on a site about celebs, so don't act suprised that people were interested in celebs. Everyone took it in good humour.
  6. Not sure what happened but you were banned from Tattle for being a liar and troll and having fake accounts, but not before you doxxed yourself as a contestant on mastermind.
  7. You didn't leave Tattle. You were banned. No one would have noticed if it wasn't for the next point...
  8. You started a thread on MN about how mean Tattle was to you, I think you did this several times.
  9. You may or may not have started a thread on reddit about how mean they were, I can't keep up.
  1. You changed your username on mumsnet to one that includes dean gaffney.

  2. You start a thread on MN about Dean.

  3. On this thread you mention the link between you and Tattle. You mention this link, no one else does.

  4. You then start name dropping Callum Best and making suggestions that you slept with someone from I'm A Celeb, again pick better celebs.

  5. When this thread is mentioned on Tattle you start on about mental health and #bekind.

  6. Kindly, it's spelled "phuck off".

Nopuedeser · 17/07/2026 11:09

IveNeverShaggedDeanGaffney · 17/07/2026 10:39

@raquarita No that's entirely my point - I was a member on there and haven't been for years but they think it's hilarious to rip the piss out of me on a regular basis. I'm literally just a normal person living a normal life. I don't think I'm anybody and nor would I want to be. They harp on about how caring they are yet I'm considered fair game - as above the latest is that I'm fat and lazy and have no life...apropos of nothing

I’ve never been on Tattle. I’m vaguely aware that they have a MN thread as I’ve seen it discussed on here before. I’d have no idea if they ever discussed any of my posts, as I don’t read there.
It strikes me that it would be really easy for you to just not read Tattle.
Also, if you don’t want them talking about you and Dean Gaffney, I’d strongly suggest you don’t start threads about Dean Gaffney, with a username referencing Dean Gaffney.

IveNeverShaggedDeanGaffney · 17/07/2026 11:10

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