Morgan Burtwistle, known as Angry Ginge, has over one million subscribers on YouTube
The winner of I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here tearfully revealed his mother’s pets died in a house fire, but said ‘mum’s ok, that’s what matters’. Morgan Burtwistle, known as Angry Ginge, first revealed that a fire had broken out in his mother’s house on Tuesday (June 1).
The Salford based celebrity shared a video from inside, saying the property ‘burned down’ as he appeared at Soccer Aid for UNICEF on Sunday (May 31). In the video posted to his Instagram Story, the 24-year-old was seen wearing a face mask and rubber gloves as he examined the devastating damage to the property.
In a new update according to ManchesterEveningNews, he revealed his mum wasn’t home at the time as she was with him in London, getting ready to watch her son in the huge charity football match. He said it was the first time in weeks she had stayed away from home, and that usually Soccer Aid would take place at a later date, possibly saving the incident being any worse.
But the I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here winner confirmed the heartbreaking loss of his mum’s two cats and a rabbit. Discussing how he found out about the fire, he said on his Twitch stream on Wednesday (June 3) evening: “I was woken up by a phone call off of my mum but my sister answered it.
“I thought, ‘Well, that’s a bit, that’s a bit strange!’ Obviously, my sister, very emotional… She actually used the phrase, ‘Mum’s house has blown up’.
“Instantly, I thought, ‘What the hell? Okay?’”
He went on: “I got sent a picture of the kitchen, etc., and it generally does actually look like it did. The actual shell of the house is still standing but…”
Angry Ginge then emotionally shared: “My mum had two cats and a rabbit in the house. They obviously didn’t survive, so rest in peace, Simba, rest in peace Herbert, and rest in peace Sparky.
“They didn’t make it out which is obviously really, really sad. Unbelievable cats and rabbits, they were… Obviously, I lived with him when I live with my mum in Bacup.”
He then began to break down in tears as he showed pictures of the animals. “I mean, the main thing is that my mum is obviously, she is okay… If my mum was in the house, she wouldn’t have made it out,” he added.
“I suppose that’s the fortunate thing. She weren’t there, ’cause she was obviously in London for Soccer Aid.
“That’s how bad it was. That was the thing, the hardest to think about and deal with.”
The social media star went on to share: “I almost feel as though there was someone looking down that night,” before explaining that he and his mum will document the process of rebuilding the beloved home on his YouTube channel.
“I’m not looking to make money off it before anyone goes there,” Angry Ginge commented. “The insurance is gonna pay out, any money made off the videos, I’ll give to a homeless charity in Manchester.
“I’m not trying to make any money off it at all. But I just feel as though the state that the house is in, and to see the development of what we’ve had to go through, what it looks like now, and to where it’s gonna end up, I think, would be something cool to document.
“I’m gonna make sure that that is gonna be the best house, my mum. ever, ever has, or ever lives in.”
While they are yet to found out how the fire started, he also shared: “I’ll never sit here and say I’m religious or anything like this, but what I will say is, out of those eight weeks, this is the only night she didn’t stay at the house. This is the only night she didn’t stay at the house.
“Okay? And there’s so many things that happened. Soccer Aid’s never normally that week.
“Soccer Aid could have easily been in Manchester, which meant she’d be in the house. So, yeah, I just thank God, I did pray, I did pray, I thanked whomever it may be.
“But, yeah, it’s absolutely mental. And then, obviously, I said, my mum can live there… But, yeah, thank the Lord that my mum’s okay.
“That’s the bigger picture. Mum’s okay, and that’s what matters.”
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