Bros singer Matt Goss reported to Tinder over ‘catfishing’ fears
Tinder users couldn’t believe they were chatting to the singer
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Your support makes all the difference.Matt Goss has revealed that he was reported to Tinder as users wrongly believed he was “catfishing” and posing as the Bros star.
The singer, who rose to fame in the 1980s with his brother Luke, said he was accused on “catfishing” – using a false online identity to lure people into relationships – after Tinder users reported him to the dating app in disbelief that they were messaging the real pop star.
“I got reported because they thought it was fake,” the singer told the Daily Mirror of his account.
“They said, ‘Matt won’t take kindly to you using his photos’. It was quite funny."
Despite doubts over his true identity, the Push singer said he won’t be requiring the dating app’s services any long as she is now “seeing someone”.
The revelation comes days after the star, who previously dated TV presenter Melanie Sykes, celebrated 10 years of his Las Vegas residency at The Mirage hotel.
To coincide with the occasion, the singer shared a photograph on Instagram of a humanitarian award presented to him by the United Nations.
“This is one of those things that puts everything in your life in perspective…” the singer captioned the post.
“I am so humbled, grateful and so motivated to do more. The United Nations humanitarian award.”
The award recognises Goss for “upholding and celebrating the values of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in the local community”.
Bros returned to the limelight last November after their documentary, Bros: After the Screaming Stops.
The documentary followed the brothers 28 years after they split up one of the most successful bands in the world.
The pair were praised for their witty soundbites in the Bafta-nominated film, but it was the heartfelt moments in which the two men reflected on the death of their mother, Carol, that struck a chord with viewers.
Carol died of breast cancer in 2014, a loss that prompted the then-estranged twins to reunite and work on their relationship.
In an interview with BBC Radio 2 in July, Luke explained how he thinks reflecting on raw and difficult moments in the documentary prompted male viewers to follow suit and embrace their emotions.
“Men are encouraged to hide their pain,” he said, “and I think the movie gave permission for many men, from my experience on this whole adventure, to let out a tear or 20.
“It’s been a very beautiful ramification of the film.”
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