There’s no denying that the organiser of the now-infamous Willy Wonka event in Glasgow is a scam artist and sounds like a complete bell end to boot, but is sending the guy death threats a bit over the top?

Billy Coull, director of the House of Illuminati which staged the now-infamous Willy Wonka Experience, has spoken out for the first time about the viral backlash to the failed event and how the controversy has effectively ruined his life. He even had to cancel his dream wedding that was supposed to be funded by the ill-gotten gains he scammed out of people for this event!

Billy told Channel 5:  ‘My life has been turned around. My life is ruined. I was hoping for an event that would be joyful and happy. I wanted people to experience happiness.’

He continued that he had received ‘hundreds and hundreds’ of messages online telling him he should end his life, that he is the ‘devil’, ‘a villain’ and a terrible father.

Well, admittedly it’s tough to watch that clip and see a man who’s clearly in pain and suffering the consequences of his actions. On the other hand, it’s also tough to watch that and not think that maybe Billy Coull is talking b0llocks and trying to con the world once more. After all, this wasn’t just an ‘event gone wrong’, it was an unlicensed event charging people £35 to enter a warehouse. He’s also the same guy selling AI-generated books on Amazon and hosting a bunch of  “give me £500 and I’ll show you how to become a millionaire” get rich quick schemes. He’s also run a “charity” that has massive holes in its published accounts, and styled himself as a Doctor to provide training during COVID based on his “metaphysical degree” from the “University of Sedona”. The guy is a scammer through and through and is well-known around Glasgow for it.

So yeah, while the death threats may be OTT, it’s still a bit ridiculous to expect anyone to sympathise with a guy who who’s scammed thousands of pounds out of people and is now crying about it because he got caught and exposed on a massive scale. After all, if he hadn’t have gone viral, he’d have taken the money and ran – straight to his next scam. Sorry, Billy Coull. Just going to have to take your medicine on this one.

Good news for the girl behind The Unknown mask, though – she’s landed her first job post-Willy Wonka at the London Dungeon. Result!