Gareth Gates reveals bullying hell as he’s ‘abused’ by three women on luxury cruise ship

Gareth Gates has been targeted by mean-spirited passengers on a Caribbean ocean liner.

The 39-year-old, who famously suffers from a speech impediment, revealed as much in a defiant Instagram video, telling the camera from his own personal balcony: "Hey, hope you are well. I'm out in the Caribbean at the minute working on a cruise ship. I wanted to share something that happened to me yesterday, purely to try and raise awareness.

"Three days ago, myself and my partner were leaving our cabin on the ship and our next door neighbour saw that it was me and ever since then, every time we've been out on our balcony and they've obviously heard that we've been there, it's just been constant verbal abuse."

Apparently, his abusers thought it funny to recite the chorus of David Bowie's classic tune Changes, which goes: 'Ch-ch-changes! Turn and face the strain, ch-ch-changes!' as a way of mocking the singer's stutter.

"Then it's progressed onto 'G-G-Gareth Gates' and it's just got worse and worse," Gareth continued to explain.

"You know, I'm more than used to this, I can handle it. At first I was like, no no, let's just leave it. But three days is relentless. It was three girls in that cabin, the same age as my mum actually and if it had been three men I'd have headed round there myself and gone, 'Look is there an issue?', but I could hardly head round there myself as it's three women."

In the end, his girlfriend Allana Taylor grew tired of the constant jibes and knocked on their door herself.

"She went round and politely asked them to stop. And it actually worked," the Pop Idol runner-up laughed. "And I think that's the reason why I decided to do this video, because if we stand up to bullying it can stop.

"We all like a joke, I take the p**s out of myself in and amongst my close friends and family. I'm the first to take the mick out of myself and my speech, but knowing that the person that you're taking the mick out of can hear takes a completely different person, and if you are those three women in Cabin 8206 on my ship, then shame on you.

"We've heard your conversations, you obviously have kids and grandkids. What kind of example are you setting to your children? Shame on you," he repeated, before urging his fans to share the video in an attempt to end bullying once and for all.

In the comment section, this message felt the full force of support from Coronation Street actor Will Mellor and fellow singer-songwriter Becky Hill.

"Some people feel the need to do this to take the attention away from how sad they are!!! Glad your partner said something. Enjoy the rest of your holiday pal," responded the former, 47, while Becky, 29, added: "Fair play to ur lady for politely going round & asking them to stop… i wouldn't have been so nice [sic]."

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