'Wonka' Actor From Disastrous 'Wonka Experience' Accused Of 'Grooming' Student From Time He Was A Teacher

Paul Connell, the actor who played Willy Wonka at the disastrous Glasgow Wonka Experience that's become the internet's favorite meme over the past week has been accused of having an inappropriate relationship with a former student, throwing a "Milkshake Duck" into what is already a chaotic story.

The claims were made by TikToker Annie Louise Lewis in videos she said were deleted by TikTok. According to her, she was in a romantic relationship with Connell when he was her teacher and she was a student in drama school.

The TikToks state they started dating when she was 16 and he was 22. Though no longer on TikTok, they have been reposted to Twitter / X in recent days as Connell has garnered massive virality amid the Willy Wonka Experience event.

THEY’RE MILKSHAKE DUCKING GLASGOW WILLY WONKA pic.twitter.com/eYuiHPlQAo

— 𝕯𝖎𝖑𝖉𝖔 𝕭𝖆𝖌𝖌𝖎𝖓𝖘 (@EmmaTolkin) March 1, 2024

Lewis' TikToks made before and after the deleted videos that reference the situation, but not Connell by name, remain active.

@annielouiselewis

AND PEOPLE ARE BEING SO NICE AND SAYING HE DESERVED BETTER ERMMMMMMMM 🍫

♬ som original – Rebeca M.

@annielouiselewis

Going to delete this app for a while

♬ original sound – annie (are you okay?)

Instagram posts dating back 2015 allege that the pair were an item at that time. Annie Louise Lewis stated that when she was 16, she did not think their relationship was illegal because the Scottish age of consent is 16.

When their relationship was revealed when she turned 17, she claimed she was expelled from school. She also said they dated for five years, and claimed she came to think of their relationship as her being groomed years later in therapy.

Connell has done multiple interviews in the wake of the Wonka Experience fiasco going viral. He appears to have deleted his Twitter account after Lewis' videos came out, but his TikTok is still active.