How Paul O’Grady selflessly assisted homeless man and his dog, altering their lives permanently

29 March 2023, 14:08 | Updated: 29 March 2023, 14:18

Paul O’Grady is being kept in mind by a previously homeless man who says the television star was the ‘driver’ of him getting his life back on track.

Since the death of TV legend Paul O’Grady was revealed on Wednesday early morning, homages have actually been gathering for the speaker and comic as they remember his humour and generosity.

One individual who had their life altered by the For The Love Of Dogs provided is Mohammod Ullah, who says that Paul’s generous act of generosity was the start of his journey to reconstruct his life.

Mohammod shared his story on Twitter, composing to Good Morning Britain: “I satisfied Paul when I was homeless. He approached me in the middle of the high street and took a seat beside me. He presented himself and said ‘Come, let’s go and get a meal inside that stomach of yours’. He invested 3 hours together with me and after that put me in a hotel for the night. May his soul rest in peace.”

We connected to Mohammod to hear more about his story and his experience conference Paul.

Mohammod informed us that he keeps in mind Paul’s humour, his generosity, his empathy, his kindness and his love for dogs.

Speaking to Heart about the day he satisfied Paul for the very first time, Mohammad informed us: “I acknowledged him quickly. When he came and sat beside me and presented himself, holding his give out to shake mine, my very first response was among shock.

“I truthfully believed it was among those practical joke reveals with the surprise video cameras and a Paul O’Grady lookalike.”

He continued: “Once I in fact saw it was in fact Paul O’Grady himself, I was faltering my words to begin with, [I] could not get my words out and Paul had actually discovered that and said to me ‘it’s alright, I’m simply a man like you, no one unique, in truth you’re the unique one.’ I asked ‘how am I the unique one?’and he then said ‘due to the fact that you’re out here every day and every night defending survival, that’s how you’re the unique one.'”

Mohammod said he felt “absolutely at ease” after this, and when individuals in the street began to identify the star, Paul would state: “Yes it’s me, there’s absolutely nothing to see here.”

Mohammod was homeless for ten years and assesses the dark times needing to depend on other individuals’s kindness to feed himself and his precious dog, Jack.

Despite withstanding abuse while surviving on the streets, Mohammod said that he still saw the “generosity, empathy and kindness in mankind”.

And it ends up Paul’s act of generosity was the primary step stone Mohammod required to help him – and his precious dog – leave the streets and reconstruct their lives.

“When Paul had actually put us in the hotel for 3 nights, that offered me the possibility to link in with Help Homeless Believe – a homeless charity run by Hayley Jennings and her volunteers – and complete a homeless application from the council”, he explained.

He included: “Having that safety, that security and understanding that I didn’t have the concern or tension thinking about where we would be sleeping, we made the homeless application, and it took a while, however after about 6 months of bidding on HomeChoice I was used a flat of which I’m presently in at the minute.

“So, Paul was the driver of me getting my life back on track, with the huge help from Help Homeless Believe.

“I actually can’t thank him enough for what he provided for us, I’m permanently in his financial obligation. Now he’s unfortunately passed, I’m sad he will never ever understand what ended up being of me. I would thank his spouse and family as I can’t thank him. So, thank you.”

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