The disheveled, heavyset fellow you see in the background is Paul Yarrow, a 38-year-old caretaker from South London who showed up in at least 20 different newscasts over the last few months (watch a compilation of his newsbombing below). Unfortunately, Yarrow isn’t one of those jolly fat people who does things for laughs. He’s making a statement about society, maaaannnn.

“It is a statement about the image conscious media. I am overweight and people like me are treated as unsightly because of the way they look.”

He added: “Here I am. I am sorry I don’t have a suit and that I am not lovely and slim. Being overweight I get ignored. I could have a valid point about something but the microphone is always passed to the person alongside me.

“The point I am making is that the more you push me aside, the more I’m going to be determined to make my presence known.” [Evening Standard via Geekosystem]

That’s odd; I watched all the clips of him in the background, and no one actually pushes him aside. Listen, tubs, I wanna have your back here, but you gotta give me something to work with. Clown shoes, the Truffle Shuffle, breaking furniture when you sit on it — something to make you a sympathetic character.