For the Love of Paul O’Grady fans in tears as they spot special dog tribute
FOR The Love of Paul O’Grady viewers are in tears tonight after spotting a subtle dog tribute to the late star.
Paul passed away suddenly last week at the age of 67 with his husband Andre by his side.
ITV put together a tribute show showing brief highlights of Paul’s long and varied career.
It showed him in the early days performing in pubs in London, to hitting megastardom as Lily Savage, all the way up to his series set inside Battersea Dogs Home.
The emotional clips already had fans feel the tears forming in their eyes, but then a subtle tribute on the show had them crying at home.
As clips played of Paul’s career, they appeared on a television screen watched by a number of dogs on a sofa.
And fans couldn’t cope with the sweetness of the tribute.
One wrote: “Anyone else crying watching #PaulOgrady with the dogs? #ForTheLoveOfPaulOgrady”
A second said: “The dogs got me #fortheloveofpaulogrady”
Another added: “The dogs watching the tele #fortheloveofpaulogrady”
Meanwhile last week BBC One aired an episode of Lily Savage’s Blankety Blank, which Paul had hosted as his iconic drag alter ego from 1997 to 2002.
The episode featured guests Rebecca Callard, Sophie Lawrence, Davina McCall, Sir Ian McKellen, Gray O’Brien and the late Dale Winton.
It aired at 7pm and within minutes of it starting, fans were in tears over his sad passing, and full of praise for his talent as the fabulous and feisty Lily.
Taking to Twitter, one wrote: “Lily Savage hosting Blankety Blank right now on BBC1 RIP #PaulOGrady you genius, you’ll be missed” alongside crying emojis.
Another added: “OMG! BBC1 are showing an episode of Blankety Blank with Lily Savage. I’m laughing and crying simultaneously!”