A teenager has gotten himself into massive debt as a result of his goal to look like David Beckham.
19-year-old Nottingham native Jack Johnson has spent £20,000 on multiple Botox procedures, lip fillers and dental work with his government handouts.
He is now repaying the costs with his benefits money.
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"It is my life and it has sod all to do with anyone else," he said on Channel 5 show On Benefits.
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"If I get enough benefits I could pay my debts off. It is up to you what you do with your money, what am I doing wrong?
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"So all you haters out there, you can jogon.com."
Jack, who even shares some of Beckham's tattoos, is now undergoing liposuction to emulate the former footballer's physique.
"I want liposuction, this is what I have to do to get a body like David Beckham," he told the programme.
"It might not give me a six-pack like him but I will be closer to my goal."
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However, Jack said the procedure was more painful than he anticipated and he had to ask the surgeon to stop after removing one litre of fat, instead of the intended two litres.
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Following the operation, which he cut short after they removed one litre of fat due to pain, he said: "I am groggy and sore now but it is worth it as in a few weeks time I will be skinny and feel more confident about myself, so it is worth the pain in the long run to look slimmer."
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His money also goes to more material things such as clothes.
He said: "I Google his outfits online and see if I can get them in my shops. Every day I have to wear something different, like this hoodie I bought for £100 and have only worn once or twice.
"I can't spend thousands of pounds on clothes to look like David Beckham and then work in McDonalds, it doesn't work," he explained.
Notwithstanding the actions of this prick, we shouldn't be tricked into thinking he is representative in any way of the benefits system or its claimants as a whole.
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