Incurable cancer sufferer Stephen Sutton, 19, has hit back at a Twitter user who said he felt ‘duped’ that the teenager was out of hospital Photograph: Stephen Sutton/PA
Inspirational cancer fundraiser Stephen Sutton has hit back at a Twitter consumer who explained he felt “duped” that the teenager was out of hospital.
Stephen, who has raised almost £3.2m for the Teenage Cancer Trust, informed the Twitter “troll” that his sickness was nevertheless incurable regardless of his discharge from Birmingham’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital.
Dozens of the teenager’s friends and followers leapt to his defence on social media right after a message was posted on Twitter saying “plenty” of people who had donated to the Believe in now felt duped.
In a direct response to the message, Stephen explained: “Sorry to disappoint you! So you know, I still have my cancer and it’s nonetheless incurable, if that tends to make you really feel significantly less ‘duped’ x.”
Tweeting to his 188,000 Twitter followers, the 19-12 months-previous added: “RE the troll tweet I replied to, I actually did not count on the response to get so much publicity.
“I just gave a rapid response, imagined nothing of it and was (and nonetheless am) totally unaffected by it.
“Trolls and cynics exist. It truly is a shame. But just consider not to retaliate too aggressively or get too riled… Like I have stated ahead of: On the entire men and women are ‘good’, lets focus on that.”
Stephen was discharged from hospital on Friday, hours right after meeting David Cameron, who praised the teenager’s “extraordinary” zest for life for the duration of his three-year battle against numerous tumours.
The prime minister also tweeted a hyperlink to Stephen’s JustGiving webpage, the place he has raised £3,192,857 for the Teenage Cancer Trust. More than 132,000 men and women have so far produced donations to the JustGiving web page.
Cancer patient fundraiser Stephen Sutton hits back at Twitter troll
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