'King' dumped by girlfriend, banned from Wetherspoons and blocked by TikTok after £2,000 prank

The self-named "King of Leeds," social media star Tom Birchy, has been dumped by his girlfriend and been banned from his local Wetherspoons pub after convincing his fans and followers to send more than £2,000 worth of food and drink to his table.

The bizarre 'send something to my Wetherspoons table' prank has become more and more popular in recent years, thanks to the Wetherspoons App which lets you order food and drink directly to your table - or to the table of someone else. Tom, 23, told his followers which table number he was sitting at at his local pub The Golden Beam in Headingley in Leeds and persuaded them to buy him food and drink from the menu. Subsequently, the pub saw such a surge in orders that staff couldn't keep up with demand.

Staff refused to bring Tom the items and allegedly initially refused to refund customers - something Tom branded a "scam" - and Tom says he's now been banned from the branch. He's also been disciplined on social media by having his TikTok account temporarily blocked and being barred from the Leeds Student Group on Facebook, as reported by LeedsLive.

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To make matters worse for the jokester, his partner decided to end their relationship. "It is tough to take [a break-up] lads," he told fans. "But there are plenty more worldies in the sea."

Joking about the prank, Tom - who posts multiple videos a day on TikTok and has more than 170,000 followers on the platform - said he "kicked off" that people had paid for him to have food and drink that was never brought to him, so Wetherspoons are in the process of offering refunds to those who ordered him items.

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