Dr Alex George enjoys a cool beer as he relaxes in the park on his day off

He’s been working tirelessly on the NHS frontline amid the COVID-19 crises. 

So it was little wonder that Dr Alex George had a huge smile on his face as he enjoyed a cool beer during his day off on Saturday.

The former Love Island star, 30, cut a relaxed figure as he chilled in the park with a pal, days after he was attacked by a cruel troll over his appearance. 

Making the most of the fine weather over the weekend, the medic donned a crisp white T-shirt, which he paired with dark skinny jeans and white trainers.

Shielding his eyes from the sun, Alex added a pair of dark sunglasses to his look.

The star looked in his element as he reclined on the grass with his cool beverage in hand, while an adorable pooch played nearby.

Captioning the snap, he wrote: ‘Cold beerio and photobombed by a socially distanced puppy, a good day.’

It comes after Alex, who has been battling the COVID-19 pandemic round-the-clock from the emergency room of Lewisham University Hospital – took to Instagram to hit back at a bitter troll who attacked his appearance in a bizarre series of messages.

Alex shared a screengrab of the messages from the catty follower on Instagram Stories.

Despite evidently wanting to watch Alex’s videos, the nasty culprit claimed his tired appearance was distracting.

‘Giving out health content you’d be better to take care of yourself first, you look ruff, fair bad spots and eyes are like death! [sic]’the badly-written message read.

In a second equally inarticulate DM, they carried on: ‘Jesus will you sort out them eyes with a bit of cream or something… and do something with that big spot next to ur mouth… so distracting and a struggle to watch the vid! [sic]’

Alex made light of it by commenting, ‘Don’t hold back hey!’ next to the screengrab, adding: ‘I have had acne most of my life, not ashamed of it. If you don’t like it, don’t watch my videos!’

He then posted to his Instagram grid, elaborating on this: ‘I am hugely grateful for the overwhelming support I have received in the last few years.

‘To some of those who continue to make comments about my skin and acne, the fact that I “look old and tired”, if you want to follow someone who is a model with perfect looks and style, you are in the wrong place.

‘I am focused on my job as a doctor and sharing my passions and interests in life. I am quite happy with my imperfections and don’t plan to change anytime soon ✌️ Oh and yes I am tired!’

He also took to Instagram Stories on his way to work, telling the camera: ‘You can’t please everyone. Some people have got bad things to say, no matter what you do.

‘Actually my spots have settled down today. But yeah, I have acne, and sometimes I get flare ups. And that’s life. No-one’s perfect, no-one’s skin’s perfect. Let’s be kind to each other!’ 

But Alex’s day went from bad to worse as he returned to his car to discover the soggy penalty notice on his car.

Despite being a member of staff and leaving a note on the windshield explaining this, the parking warden didn’t seem to care.

Alex captioned this snap: ‘Brilliant! What do they want me to do?’

He went on to explain that he’s received three fines in the hospital car park during the pandemic.

‘That’s actually the 3rd fine now. I wrote a fill explanation on the paper next to it. Give up. Bad day today. New day tomorrow,’ the ever-optimistic doctor added. 

Dr Alex has been tirelessly using his social media platform to educate his 1.4m Instagram followers, 73k YouTube subscribers and 175k Twitter followers about the COVID-19 crisis as he fights the virus on the NHS frontline.

Last week he revealed that his coronavirus antibody test came back negative, sharing a video to his YouTube channel as he opened the results in front of his fans.