The man known as 'Britain's most tattooed man' slammed trolls who called for him to be "stabbed" over his crush on Bugs Bunny's girlfriend.
King of Ink Land King Body Art The Extreme Ink-ite, who goes by B-Art for short, is no stranger to making headlines and dealing with online criticism.
The 44-year-old is known for covering his full body in tattoos, but recently garnered attention for a different reason. After posting about his affection for cartoon character Lola Bunny on X (Twitter), he was brutally trolled.
He wrote: "Furry fetishism may not be everyone's thing. Some people find themselves attracted to cartoon characters. Lola Bunny plus Jessica Rabbit. While the later is a human character, they are both incredibly sexy."
King of Inkland recieved death threats over his fetish for Lola Bunny (king_b0dy_art/Instagram)Speaking to Mirror about his favourite character, he said: "I became a fan of Lola Bunny when I first saw her in the first Space Jam film. She was somewhat toned down in the second film. The character Lola is very likeable.
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"You can see why Bugs is smitten with her she is attractive in illustration and also eccentric and cheerful. Lola is quite well repeated amongst cosplayers and I'm sure Tune Squad has marketed well over the years. It's a little different to crushing on your favourite celebrities as they are not real people."
Even though B-Art isn't ashamed about his crush, others didn't receive his admission very well. He was met with harsh backlash from keyboard warriors who threatened his life.
Trolls threatened him with violence over his X (Twitter) post (king_b0dy_art/Instagram)B-Art reported the incidents under the Online Safety Act 2023 – but claims West Midlands Police were unable to take action against the users.
He shared: "I've had a mixture of reactions from being open and public... some people attack my appearance [and] say i't's creepy, weird or wrong.
"One comment asked if it was too late for me to be aborted. I even got one message saying I should have my throat slit on the post, which I reported to the police.
"Unfortunately, the police officer said it's just likely a nasty comment and they couldn't really do much about it as they don't think it was intent to actually carry it out against me."
Britain's most tattooed man' reported the online threats to West Midlands Police (Instagram/king_b0dy_art)A representative for West Midlands Police stated: "We carried out a threat assessment following a complaint about a social media comment. Under the new Online Safety Act 2023, we need to be satisfied that the poster made a threat and intended the threat of causing harm to be taken seriously.
"After considering the content and context it was deemed this was not the case and we updated the complainant. When receiving reports around comments on social media we must also bear in mind that under ECHR Article 10 people have the right to freely express opinions.
"But it's important to be clear, if we discover evidence of potential offences contrary to the Online Safety Act 2023 we record them as a crime, and carry out further investigations with a view to arrests and charges."
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