'Gimp Man Of Essex' Goes Shopping In Latex To Raise Money For Charity

The so-called ‘Gimp Man of Essex’ is shopping in his latex body suit to ‘cheer people up’ and raise money for charity.

The anonymous bloke – who is from Essex and likes to wear gimp suits (that’s about all we know) – often dons his rubber, but decided to wear it to the shops for the first time recently – as if going to the supermarket wasn’t a surreal enough experience at the moment anyway.

'Gimp Man Of Essex' Goes Shopping In Latex To Raise Money For Charity
Turning heads at Tesco. Credit: Eastnews Press Agency

But the gimp man got such a good reception on his first trip to Tesco that he has since completed a second shop for an elderly friend in his favourite suit.

He said: “I just want to put a smile on people’s faces, to raise a bit of money for charity and it is a bit of fun whilst feeding your exhibitionist streak.

“I’ve never gone into supermarkets, but I thought with everything going on I’d go in to try and cheer everyone up and if they don’t let me in that’d be the end of it really. But I had a brilliant reception, I got chatting to the woman in front me as I started queuing up and everyone started taking pictures.

“The staff were great to as obviously they have been really stressed, quite a few of them said ‘you have made coming to work today worthwhile’.

“I got to the checkout with no problems, everyone seemed to enjoy seeing me and a woman said to me I haven’t been paid for three weeks and this is the first time I have laughed in weeks.”

His exploits are part of a fundraiser for mental health charity Mind, though it’s worth noting that he quite likes doing it too.

While some put themselves through ordeals for charity, such as running a marathon with a fridge on their back, the gimp man ‘won’t make any bones’ about the fact he enjoys it – which is an unfortunate turn of phrase if you ask me.

'Gimp Man Of Essex' Goes Shopping In Latex To Raise Money For Charity
That's got to be really hot, hasn't it? Credit: Eastnews Press Agency

He said: “I raise money charity, but I won’t make any bones about it wearing rubber feeds my exhibitionist streak, but I never thought I’d wear it in Tesco.

“Everyone needs to laugh where they can at the moment and I just hope the lockdown isn’t getting the better of people.”

And before you go thinking about it – no, gimp suits are not approved PPE.

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