Paul Chuckle, 72, charges fans £37 for personalised video messages

Paul Chuckle has been charging fans £37.35 for personalised video messages on the social media site Cameo.

The comedy star, 72, has reportedly sent out videos quoting his famous punchline ‘to me, to you,’ after missing out on a huge salary for pantomime due to lockdown. 

Paul has joined a slew of stars sending fans video messages through sharing site Cameo, including Strictly Come Dancing judge Shirley Ballas, and Coronation Street‘s Kate Ford.

According to The Sun, Paul has been a huge hit with fans on the shout-out site by sending messages quoting her famous punchline.

In one he says: ‘Ello, Paul Chuckle here, this is a message to you, not to me, to you.

‘If you want me to send you a nice message of congratulations, or happy birthday or merry Christmas or whatever you like, just call on me. Oh dear, oh dear, you’ve got me.’

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many local pantomimes have been cancelled, with stars including Paul missing out on six-figure salaries for the annual gig.

He joins stars including Katie McGlynn, Nigel Havers and Kym Marsh who have starred in the family favourites over the years.

Paul’s Cameo profile also states that he charges £13.27 to send text messages to his fans, with a majority of his followers thrilled to receive messages from him.

MailOnline has contacted representatives for Paul Chuckle for comment. 

Paul was left devastated when Barry passed away from bone cancer in 2018, but has since vowed to continue working to honour his late sibling.

He said on This Morning: ‘A lot he’d been with me for 70 years, we worked together as partners for 55 years. I still miss him today.

‘He wanted to work he loves working he loved making people laugh, and he knew if I found out and his management would have made him go and get it sorted. That is something else he never liked, he never like hospitals.’ 

He said: ‘Every time when I work I always feel that he is there with me and it is a nice feeling. It is a nice feeling that he is there helping me all the way along.

‘We were always together, always working together, he was never in my dreams. As soon as he’s died he’s always been in my dreams with me as well which think of as him being in an afterlife.’

Paul and Barry originally toured as the Harman Brothers and went on to win TV’s Opportunity Knocks in 1967.

It wasn’t until the 80s when they got their break performing on the BBC children’s show Chuckle Hounds. The pair were then given their own show, ChuckleVision, in 1984.

After his brother’s death, Paul carried on performing but due to coronavirus lockdown all of his shows have been cancelled.

Paul himself recently recovered from COVID-19 and said that he has been struggling financially as a result of lockdown.