Hundreds of celebs have sent their love to nine year old Ollie, after his father made an online appeal.
Chris Hope-Smith, from Leeds, asked if anyone famous could send his son some birthday love, as Ollie is going through a tough time at the hands of a bully.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">that everything O has, he has bigger/better/more often. O excited for his birthday but keeps being told it won't be as good as his own</p>— Christopher (@Hopenlesmyth) <a href="https://twitter.com/Hopenlesmyth/status/880317173612380160">June 29, 2017</a></blockquote>
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Chris's original message has been retweeted over 12,000 times and has received over 5,800 replies since 7:45am yesterday morning.
He's gotten birthday messages from Stormzy, Russel Crowe, astronaut Chris Hadfield, YouTube stars Zoella and Alfie Deyes as well as messages from Manchester City, Manchester United, Arsenal and Crystal Palace football clubs.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Happy birthday Ollie! You're a lil legend. â¤ï¸âï¸ðŸŽ‰Don't watch the bullies they always end up being the biggest wastemen later in life</p>— #GSAP (@Stormzy1) <a href="https://twitter.com/Stormzy1/status/880511538985041922">June 29, 2017</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Hey Ollie, heard it was your birthday. 9 years old eh? Congratulations, Happy Birthday !!</p>— Russell Crowe (@russellcrowe) <a href="https://twitter.com/russellcrowe/status/880538452239843328">June 29, 2017</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Happy 9th birthday, Ollie! <a href="https://t.co/vjDGha6XtM">pic.twitter.com/vjDGha6XtM</a></p>— Chris Hadfield (@Cmdr_Hadfield) <a href="https://twitter.com/Cmdr_Hadfield/status/880583482359119872">June 30, 2017</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Happy Birthday Ollie 🎉â¤ï¸ <a href="https://t.co/0TRdpel3zP">pic.twitter.com/0TRdpel3zP</a></p>— Alfie Deyes (@PointlessBlog) <a href="https://twitter.com/PointlessBlog/status/880510252994711552">June 29, 2017</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Have a fantastic birthday Ollie! 🎂<br><br>From everybody here at Manchester United. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MUFC?src=hash">#MUFC</a> âš½ï¸ <a href="https://t.co/dttRyTq3IW">pic.twitter.com/dttRyTq3IW</a></p>— Manchester United (@ManUtd) <a href="https://twitter.com/ManUtd/status/880682101183578113">June 30, 2017</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Happy 9th birthday Ollie from everyone <a href="https://twitter.com/ManCity">@ManCity</a>! ðŸ‘💪<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/mcfc?src=hash">#mcfc</a></p>— Manchester City (@ManCity) <a href="https://twitter.com/ManCity/status/880542335326703623">June 29, 2017</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Happy Birthday Ollie xx 😎â¤ï¸</p>— Sue Perkins (@sueperkins) <a href="https://twitter.com/sueperkins/status/880688170056253440">June 30, 2017</a></blockquote>
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The tweet received such a reaction, that Christopher has since tweeted to say "Guys this has gone crazy and I appreciate all the wonderful messages".
Happy Birthday Ollie!
