Will Mellor hit back at a racist troll in a new social media post on Thursday, after he was branded an ‘absolute traitor’ for starring in an advert with his family.
The Strictly Come Dancing star recently appeared in the advert for the holiday company Solmar Villas with his wife Michelle McSween, their daughter Renee, 17, and son Jayden, 21.
But the actor was forced to hit back at a vile troll who wrote on X: ‘I’ve just seen your holiday advert. You absolute TRAITOR!’
Will then responded: ‘Why am I a traitor?!?’ which led the user to post: ‘I’ll give you a clue. OK. Will. British TV likes to give out the idea that mixed relationships are the norm. They’re not. They exist of course yes but the norm though? No.
‘You fell into it though. Personally, I would have refused to help… (sic)’
A furious Will then replied: ‘It’s my f***ing wife and children in the Advert!!!?!?? What are you talking about!???’
Will Mellor hit back at a racist troll in a new social media post on Thursday, after he was branded an ‘absolute traitor’ for starring in an advert with his family
The actor then took to Instagram to share a post about the exchange, adding it was ‘sad’ that such language was still being used in 2026.
He wrote: ‘I try not to respond to a lot of this I get on social media but is this just 1 of many messages I get!
‘How sad is it that we are in 2026 and we are still having to deal with this S**T!!!’
Solmar Villas showed their support for Will in the comments, writing: ‘So proud to have you and your amazing family in our ad, Will.’
Others also expressed their fury at the troll in the comments, with Fleur East writing: ‘So stupid!!! And outrageous!! It’s mad that this still goes on. When will it end?’
Will and Michelle first met in 1999 after starring together in the stage musical Oh, What a Night and have been loved-up ever since,
It comes after Will revealed he made a ‘mistake’ inviting his wife Michelle to a strip show. Last year, he teamed up with his Two Pints co-star Ralf Little for Will & Ralf Should Know Better.
The show was a series that challenged them to make the most of their forties.
The Strictly Come Dancing star recently appeared in the advert for the holiday company Solmar Villas but was forced to respond to the troll after they left vile comments on X
The actor then took to Instagram to share a post about the exchange, adding it was ‘sad’ that such language was still being used in 2026
In one episode, the pair were tasked with stripping off on stage with the Dreamboys and in an exclusive chat with Daily Mail, Will revealed he didn’t know what they were letting themselves in for.
‘It was daunting,’ Will confessed. ‘I didn’t know they got their willies out! I thought it was like a Magic Mike where you do a bit of a strip, dance a bit.
‘I didn’t know they got their penis out and the problem with that is I invited my wife!’
Joking about feeling inadequate seeing their naked bodies next to his own, Will continued: ‘I thought what a f***ing mistake that was inviting her because I’ve been lying to her for a long time that this is big!’
Despite his initial nerves, Will revealed: ‘I was glad to do it and I loved it. And that’s the whole point of the series, to frighten you a bit or test you.
‘I got an adrenaline rush at the end of it. That’s when you feel alive. And the 2000 women in the audience and my wife and her friends seemed to have a great time!’
Will also put himself to the test when he competed on Strictly in 2022.
Explaining his motivation for doing the show, Will shared: ‘They asked me all the time and because of a couple of reasons I’d always said no.
‘But then I lost my dad and my brain just went ‘what are you doing, I’m saying no to things because of other people’s opinions’.
‘I was thinking if I do that then people might not see me as an actor, they might not take me seriously or people might judge me. But I thought if you want to challenge yourself, you’ve got do things for you.
‘And it was my mum’s favorite show and she’d had a really tough time losing my dad, so I just went with it.’
