Actor and comedian Ardal O’Hanlon has revealed that he received a death threat while filming Father Ted in the nineties.
O’Hanlon, best known for playing loveable dimwit Father Dougal McGuire, spoke about the death threat on the latest episode of Patrick Kilety’s BBC1 show Delete, Delete, Delete.
According to RTÉ, O’Hanlon said “I remember getting this letter and it was along the lines of: ‘You’ve gone over to England and you’ve taken the Queen’s shilling.’
‘Who do you think you are? You are a disgrace to the country and if I ever see you, I’ll kill you’.”
Luckily, O’Hanlon showed the letter to a friend who was able to deduce where it had come from thanks to the postmark.
“So being a stalker in Ireland is a rubbish occupation,” O’Hanlon concluded.
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