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"Jason Manford has hit out at &amp;quot;internet idiots&amp;quot; after insensitive comments were made towards Gary Barlow in reply to one of the comedian&amp;#039;s Facebook statuses. Barlow announced on August 6 that he and wife Dawn had lost their baby daughter Poppy, who was delivered stillborn.   While watching Take That perform at the Olympics Closing Ceremony, the comedian praised the X Factor judge&amp;#039;s bravery on the social networking site, calling him a &amp;quot;superstar&amp;quot;. Following a number of replies to his status, Manford wrote an extensive blog post, in which he said that - while most of his fans are &amp;quot;funny&amp;quot; and &amp;quot;respectful&amp;quot; - some are &amp;quot;utterly horrendous&amp;quot;. &amp;quot;I mean genuinely thick as s**t,&amp;quot; he wrote. &amp;quot;Heartless wastes of oxygen who I am ashamed have liked my page and my work. Don&amp;#039;t get me wrong, I like a bit of banter, I can take a joke, I can take an insult. &amp;quot;Sometimes people go too far, sometimes people get a bit personal, but over the years I&amp;#039;ve dished it out and there is very little that anyone can say to me on here that has genuinely hurt me or upset me.&amp;quot; Referring to comments from his fans on the Barlow-related status, he continued: &amp;quot;Most of these comments are in agreement but some, oh man, some will make you wince. &amp;quot;What does anger me are people&amp;#039;s genuine opinions. A joke is a joke, we&amp;#039;ve all told an off colour joke to a close friend, knowing full well that it&amp;#039;s not you&amp;#039;re actual opinion. But some of the comments I saw in those 334 would make your blood run cold.&amp;quot; He went on to discuss specific examples, arguing against those who suggested that Barlow was only performing for the money and others who said that he isn&amp;#039;t the only person to receive bad news. Photo gallery - London 2012 Olympics Closing Ceremony:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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