FORMER Jeremy Kyle Show star Ted Richards is famous for turning himself into an exotic bird.
Now officially called Ted Parrotman, the former Jeremy Kyle Show star has had hours of surgery to turn himself into a walking, talking parrot.
The Hartcliffe native has got well over 100 tattoos, 50 piercings, and even got his tongue split and ears removed to look more like his beloved bird.
Ted appeared on the ITV in 2015 alongside his girlfriend Susanna to prove that they’re just normal people like us, after his appearance made headlines.
After his TV appearance however, he underwent a six-hour surgery to remove his lobes, and after they were sliced off he gifted them to a friend who preserved them in resin.
In 2016, Ted said: “When I had my ears removed I had these put in [two metal studs into the side of his head] to hold my glasses on. Otherwise my glasses fall off.”
While many may consider Ted’s relationship with his parrots odd, he sees it very differently.
He told The Celeb Report at the time: “People come up to me and say I’m weird what I’m doing, and the thing I’d say to them is everyone is entitled to their own opinion.”
His relationship is so good with his parrots they will often sit on his head for hours on end.
“She’ll sit there for ages. I can walk round with her on my head,” he revealed.
Although often this results in the odd bird dropping landing in places you may not want.
“I had it all over the place it don’t worry me,” he said. “I’ve had it on my head, on my face, in my mouth. I’ve had her bring up food in my mouth and stuff. And yeah I don’t mind, it’s good luck innit.”
Once a shoe factory worker, Ted now spends most of his time looking after his parrots, pet green iguana and Pit Bull Terrier.
To show his love for his birds, Ted changed his name this year to Ted Parrotman, which is now officially recognised by deed poll.
Although he says that many people in the local area have known him as Parrotman for years, altering his name on Facebook was harder than changing his actual name.
To make himself appear more like a bird he even got parrot-like wings tattooed onto his face.
Seventeen years ago Ted got his first tattoo, and has since gone onto get more than 100.
Ted last appeared on TV on Channel 5’s The House of Extraordinary People in 2018, which aimed to address prejudices towards people with a “striking physical difference”.
