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Mary Poppins star Dick Van Dyke flogs £830 videos of him talking to fans in Cockney accent

WOULD you Adam and Eve it? Dick Van Dyke is getting £830 a pop for talking to fans in his joke Cockney accent from Mary Poppins.

The US actor, 94, records lucrative personal videos but has been unable to meet the “overwhelming demand”.

Fans pay Dick Van Dyke to recreate his accent as Bert in Mary Poppins
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Fans pay Dick Van Dyke to recreate his accent as Bert in Mary PoppinsCredit: Getty - Contributor
The US actor flogs £830 for each video
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The US actor flogs £830 for each video

He has joined celeb message site Cameo, where fans can get him to recreate his accent as Bert the supposedly Cockney chimney sweep.

In 2017 Missouri-born Dick apologised to Bafta “for the most atrocious cockney accent in the history of cinema”.

Empire mag voted it the second-worst movie accent ever after Sean Connery’s in The Untouchables.

Cameo names him after Mr Dawes Sr, another of his characters in 1964’s Mary Poppins.

His Cockney accent was rated the second worst-ever accent in film for a poll in Empire magazine
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His Cockney accent was rated the second worst-ever accent in film for a poll in Empire magazineCredit: Getty Images - Getty
In 2017, he apologised to the Bafta members for it
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In 2017, he apologised to the Bafta members for itCredit: Kobal Collection - Shutterstock

It says: “Due to overwhelming demand, Mister hasn’t been able to accommodate the influx of requests in the allotted time.

"He puts thought and care into each video.”

In an introduction clip, Dick tells fans: “Tell me what you want me to say and I’ll do it.”

Last week The Sun told how Strictly star Neil Jones, 38, charges £25 for messages.

This Morning star Rochelle Humes has posted a video to fans after giving birth to her third child, a son called Blake


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