Lee Andrews revealed his ‘new hair’ which appears to have ‘grown’ in a mere six days as he posted from Dubai on Thursday after his release from prison.
The self-proclaimed ‘millionaire’, 43, had been MIA for weeks after he was thrown behind bars in Al Awir Central Prison in Dubai on fraud allegations, although insists claims he was captured at gunpoint after being suspected of espionage’.
After taking to Instagram to detail his alleged trauma, Lee stunned social media users earlier this week when he showcased lustrous AI filtered locks despite having previously joked about needing a hair transplant in Turkey due to his thinning thatch.
Instagram was soon awash with comical memes and posts, including a video mocking Lee being thrown into a van with a McDonald’s bag over his head and then emerging with his full head of hair and another with a mocked up conversation.
And now after a trip to the salon in Dubai he has shown of his new long hair, taking to Instagram on Thursday just six days after he left prison with a buzzcut – meaning it has grown remarkably quickly.
He says in the video: ‘So this is when you try to reinvent yourself. This is a wet through messy look. But we are slowly getting there. It’s not too bad is it. This is a massive reinvention.’
Lee Andrews revealed his ‘new hair’ which had ‘grown’ in six days as he posted from Dubai on Thursday after his release from prison
After a trip to the salon in Dubai he has shown of his new hair, taking to Instagram on Thursday just six days after he left prison with a buzzcut – meaning it has grown remarkably quickly
He then turned the camera to the hairdresser and said: ‘Thank you to this guy… love it. It’s a bit pineapply side at the moment but I don’t mind it seems to do the job. I’ll play around with it and see what’s what. It’s a good job isn’t it!’
His AI hair earlier this week set the internet alight.
Seemingly seeing the funny side of the saga, Lee liked the videos, with his like sitting alongside two of his enemies – including his ex Larna Percival, who has made various allegations against Lee, and journalist Ellie Henman, whom he has threatened to sue due to her exposés regarding his conman behaviour.
The video was shared and created by social media user Shelley Rivers, who added the caption: ‘Absolutely no shade on my girl Kate everyone who knows me knows I love her but Lee come on mate this is comedy gold!’
Lee’s disappearance set the internet alight, after Katie initially claimed he had been kidnapped before talk of his arrest began.
Despite mounting evidence that fraud was the cause for his arrest, Lee insisted that he was imprisoned on suspicion of espionage ‘and held in a state security building’ before being taken to prison over ‘a civil case in Dubai’.
In an Instagram post shared in the early hours of Wednesday, Lee continued to insist there is ‘not one shred of evidence’ that he has been charged with fraud, hitting out at his ex fiancée Alana for spreading the story.
Lee claimed he was ‘taken to the Qatar border by the men, at gunpoint and was captured by men with assault rifles, they did slap me round a little bit, little s***s.’
It was however his hair that got the masses talking, as his video saw Lee boast a mass of thick locks in lieu of his previous thin hair, which he often masked under a baseball cap or was seen masking by running his hands across his head.
Lee previously stunned social media users when he showcased lustrous AI filtered locks despite having previously joked about needing a hair transplant in Turkey due to his thinning thatch
The self-proclaimed ‘millionaire’, 43, had been MIA for weeks after he was thrown behind bars in Al Awir Central Prison in Dubai on fraud allegations
Seemingly enjoying the attention, he went on a liking spree of the videos detailing his new hair – as many questioned if he had actually been getting a hair transplant as opposed to being seized in a cloak of mystery.
The Daily Mail revealed in January, shortly after Katie’s shock wedding to the businessman, that Lee took out a £200,000 mortgage in his ex Dina Taji’s name without her knowledge.
She then took legal action against him, resulting in Lee being slapped with a travel ban from Dubai. Dina has refused to talk publicly about Lee, but agreed to meet up with Katie recently to warn her about staying with her husband.
But on Wednesday, Lee posted another update, doubling down on his claims that there are no allegations of fraud against him.
Posting from the back of a car, Lee said he had another thing ‘to address’.
‘There’s not one shred of evidence where I’ve taken a mortgage in someone else’s name, particularly in my ex fiancée’s name Dina,’ he insisted.
‘If I was to take a mortgage in somebody else’s name, wouldn’t she get that mortgage? How does it work? What would I benefit from signing her name? That’s definitely not the case. So, let her bring the mortgage paper.’
Lee went on to call out Alana, who he said had spread the story.
Also on Thursday, Lee insisted Good Morning Britain presenter Susanna Reid should lose her job after she branded him a conman.
On Wednesday’s edition of GMB Susanna said ‘I think my eyes just rolled out of my head’ after hearing Lee’s explanation as to why he was missing for a month in Dubai.
Lee has refuted reports he was arrested over fraud allegations and thrown into Al Awir Central Prison, claiming he was captured at gunpoint after being suspected of espionage.
His disappearance drama first started when the self-proclaimed billionaire failed to turn up for a joint interview with Katie on GMB last month.
Lee has now promised he will make it to the GMB sofa soon to ‘thrash it out’ with Susanna.
In a new Instagram video posted on Thursday, in which he tagged GMB and his wife, Lee asked: ‘So, what is Susanna Reid rolling her eyes at?’
‘I’m not going to comment on that because obviously I’ll go onto the sofa with Katie at some point and we’ll thrash it out and then she can be as forthcoming as she likes.’
Despite saying he would save his reply for the GMB sofa, Lee went on to call for Susanna, who has been presenting on the ITV show for 12 years, to lose her job.
‘To actually judge me without any evidence and calling me a conman is ridiculous, she should lose her job for that Susanna,’ he continued.
‘You’re prejudging, you’re prejudice towards me without any solid evidence other than an ex is coming forward with a story, and that’s all it is.’
‘If you’re an investigative journalist then surely you should know that.’
Lee then doubled down on his claims he was taken at gunpoint, insisting: ‘I’ll say it one more time, the national guard that took me in the beginning, they have guns and they don’t register you as being arrested, they can just take you and hold you, which is what happened.’
‘Anywhere in the world you go to an airport and they have guns, they were patrolling the border and they took me and not in the best way either, it wasn’t the best experience.
‘From there they held me in a state security, so I transferred from a jail, the most worse, horrific place I’ve ever seen.’
Lee reportedly faces being hauled back to prison in 14 days if he fails to pay his outstanding debts, after new documents revealed the extent of his money troubles.
Lee was released from prison last week and shared an emotional reunion with Katie who flew out to meet him on Sunday.
Now, it’s been claimed that despite his release, Lee has been told by a Dubai court he must pay his outstanding debts within 14 days, or he will be thrown back behind bars.
Documents have also shown that the debts which instigated a warrant for Lee’s arrest included £54,000 pertaining to the hiring of a rental car, and £15,000 to a United Arab Emirates legal firm.
While it’s thought that Lee was not ‘actively wanted’ by police officials at this stage, he must pay his debts within two weeks.
A representative for Lee told The Sun: ‘The judgement debtor appeared before the court and was questioned regarding the reason for failure to pay the debt.
‘He stated his wife is currently outside the country and that he has been unable to access his bank account required to make payment.
‘He requested a period of 14 days in order to settle the outstanding amount.’
A source added: ‘Lee managed to talk himself out of jail, and said he would be able to raise the capital himself.
‘He says Katie has been his rock, and helped him liaise with officials when he was banged-up – but that he hasn’t asked her to pay off any of his debts. He insists he can do that himself.’
Katie had previously warned Lee had ‘questions to answer’ about his so-called fortune when he was released from prison, but is now thought to have taken him back.
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