Phil Spencer has come under fire on social media following the resurfacing of a video of him handling a dead deer.
The Location, Location, Location presenter and property expert, 51, first came under fire for the footage when it appeared on the online TV station the Fieldsports Channel back in 2011, according to the Evening Standard at the time.
The publication reported that Spencer had accompanied farm manager Andy Crow on a hunting expedition, with Crow’s crops having been harmed by the deer.
Now the footage from the occasion has resurfaced and gone viral on Twitter with 981,000 people viewing a 56-second clip online.
During the clip which was first posted in June 2020, Spencer can be seen handling the corpse of a deer after having shot it dead.
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Spencer says: “It’s my first deer. It came out beside us, walked almost under us and I managed to get a cheeky shot on a slightly difficult angle.
“It didn’t sound like I’d hit it, but I had. I am absolutely chuffed to bits. It has been my ambition to shoot a deer for a very, very long time.”
He went on by addressing the deer: “I shall remember you for as long as I shall live.
“Hopefully, I might get to taste him as well.”
According to the Evening Standard, Spencer said of the clip in 2011: “Because I’ve been involved in different types of fieldsports since practically I could walk it’s always been around me.
“It’s something I’m very comfortable about. It’s part of me – it’s my complete passion.”
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Sharing the clip on Twitter, Downton Abbey star Peter Egan wrote: “His ambition was to shoot a deer which he did..he then goes on to humiliate his victim.
“He is a pathetic psychopath..shocking t***wit.”
Author, playwright and journalist Melanie Blake tweeted: “Not sharing the #PhilSpencer video where he kills a deer then shows off his true persona as he gleefully toys with it’s corpse.
“This description, as vile as it is, is nothing compared to what is captured on that camera. If I ever see him on TV again I will switch off immediately.”
Author Natalie Rowe tweeted: “What a disgusting individual #PhilSpencer is, I wish I hadn’t watched that.
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“It’s not about being a meat eater, it’s how much he relished in shooting Bambi. Always been his ambition, he says!. He needs f***ing therapy”.
Another Twitter user shared an image of Phil Spencer’s Twitter profile biography and penned: “Phil Spencer didn’t put in his bio he gets a kick from shooting deer”.
The Mirror has approached a representative of Phil Spencer and Channel 4 for comment on this story.
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