Overview
- The 27–30 second clip shows Farage praising “Ian Watkins” as “a good man” who “loved his children,” echoing the disgraced Lostprophets singer’s phrase “mad lolz.”
- Prankster John Smith commissioned the video on Cameo for about £98 after requesting a tribute for a “late friend” named Ian Watkins.
- Farage told Metro, “Thank him for the money. There are lots of Ian Watkins. Tell him to send more. I did alter his request.”
- The video circulated online on January 15–16; Farage sells personalised Cameo messages priced around £78–£98 and was previously tricked in 2021 into saying “Up the ’Ra.”
- Watkins was convicted of child sex offences in 2013 and was killed in HMP Wakefield in October 2025; two inmates have been charged, with a case management hearing set for February 2 at Leeds Crown Court.