The Dundee cabbie who became an internet sensation after wearing a fake moustache during a televised General Election debate said he was “blas” about his new-found success.
Danny McAfee caused an online frenzy after viewers tuning in for ITV’s Scottish leaders debate on Wednesday spotted him in the audience wearing the ‘tache and a fedora.
But the 54-year-old, who lives in Broughty Ferry, is unfazed after the subsequent media whirlwind of interviews and photoshoots.
Danny, who is also frontman with Dundee band Buck Rogers, said: “The dust hasn’t settled yet, it’s all over the place.
“I’m totally blase about it, seriously. The whole thing was just for my mates in Dundee. I didn’t think for one second it would go viral, as they say.
“I saw the tweet by Amy Macdonald and I know that Frankie Boyle put something on, it’s great to hear famous people speaking about you, that’s hilarious.”
Danny revealed it was almost a case of double trouble on the night, with son Jack set to join in the moustachioed fun.
He said: “Me and my son bought two moustaches. Mine was called ‘Scoundrel’ and had the turn-up at the end and Jack had the Mexican bandit one.
“But the numpty lost his on the train.
“That shows just how much anybody cares about politics when it’s overshadowed by a false moustache, it’s unbelievable.”
Photoshopped pictures of the Scottish party leaders with added fake moustaches hit the internet within minutes of Danny’s appearance in the audience.
He said: “That’s hilarious. Even when we were there when it was live, they were doing Photoshops of it. We were in hysterics.
“Everybody wondered what was going on. During the break, people were saying it’s going absolutely mental on Twitter.”
Danny shared his thoughts on Scotland’s political leaders with the Courier:
Labour: “Jim Murphy, what’s the point? That’s my thoughts on him. You’re governed by London and it’s basically like that for all of them.”
SNP: “The SNP are away to wipe the floor with Labour.”
Conservatives and Liberal Democrats: “Willie Rennie and the other lot, no offence to them but they’re totally irrelevant. You have your hardcore Tory voters and your hardcore Lib Dems up here but there’s not enough of them to make any difference.”
Green Party: “I love some of the Green Party ideas, but it’s never, ever going to happen.”
UKIP: “The UKIP guy is a complete and utter joke. I can’t believe somebody is actually going to be there from UKIP. I think he’ll come out with all that UKIP garbage and get slated.”