Celebrity Juice frontman Keith Lemon, 45, has revealed his dismay after seeing several sites online selling their own version of his Be Kind tops with Caroline Flack’s face printed on them. The proceeds are intended to go to the Samaritans charity following the news of the former Love Island host’s suicide.
In view of his 1.5 million followers, the comedian, who is also a talented artist, said: “Just wanted to say thanks so much to everyone for buying the #bekind T-shirt – 11,280 sold last count.
“Unfortunately a company called @teespring has stolen the design and has started selling them.”
He continued: “That’s profits that would’ve gone to Samaritans. Hopefully they’ll do the right thing and hand over what profits they make to the Samaritans. Can’t trust anyone! Disappointing.”
Keith later took to the picture-sharing site and called out various other sites who are selling fake designs of his T-shirt.
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Celebrity pals flocked to social media following Keith’s video, with many echoing a similar sentiment.
Kym Marsh wrote: “Wow! That’s disgusting! What is wrong with people at all!?”
Gaby Roslin said: “Disgusted! What you have done is truly kind and wonderful and anyone stealing is bl**dy awful!”
Dancing On Ice judge John Barrowman added: “Not cool.”
Stacey Solomon remarked: “I bought one and Teespring you are disgraceful.”
Teespring have since addressed the claims and have confirmed the tops have been removed from the seller’s account, according to the MailOnline.
They told the publication: “Teespring allows creators to independently upload designs and employs software to filter the 100k+ uploads submitted daily. As a user-generated platform, all designs are created by individuals and not directly by Teespring.
“The company invests in both human and machine review technology to flag content which violates our policies. Teespring takes infringement very seriously.”
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The company continued: “If we receive any complaint or allegation that a design or any resulting merchandise constitutes an unauthorised use of a third party’s rights, we will terminate the campaign accordingly.”
“This includes charitable campaigns – we categorically do not support the promotion of or profiting from designs created for a charitable cause.
“This seller’s products have been removed, the account suspended and the seller has made no profit. Keith Lemon has thanked Teespring for the immediate removal, and as an act of support for the cause, Teespring has made a donation to The Samaritans.”
Keith had set up his own company called KIL – Keith Ian Lemon – to sell the designs and send the proceeds to charity.
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The Celebrity Juice host was a friend and colleague of Caroline and the pair worked together on Bo Selecta! in 2002.
Following the news of her death, Keith spoke of his “absolute shock” and admitted it “seemed unreal”.
He added: “I did this t-shirt to spread Caroline’s own words #Bekind, and to raise money for the Samaritans. 100 percent of profits will go to @samaritanscharity.”
If you have been affected by this story, you can call the Samaritans on 116 123 or visit www.samaritans.org
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