- .Dean Bell and his brood feature in Channel 4's documentary series Skint
- .The family, all unemployed, receive £1,600 a month in state benefits
- .Bell happily admitted to splashing out on a £2,500 3D home cinema system
- .The former steel factory worker told the cameras taxpayers could 'f*** off' if they were unhappy with how he spends his money
A family-of-nine living on state handouts has defended using their benefits to buy luxury items including a £2,500 3D TV.
Father Dean Bell, 37, and his brood have already been dubbed the real-life Shameless after their first appearance on the Channel 4 documentary series Skint.
But the unemployed father had enraged viewers further - after brazenly showing off a £2,500 television he bought using his family's benefits in the show's latest episode.
Family fun: Dean Bell and his family were filmed enjoying their new 3D LG TV which cost £2,500
Outspoken: Bell, who is unemployed, said that taxpayers who may be unhappy with his decision to use his family's benefits to purchase the TV could 'f*** off'
Bell, who lives with his wife Claire, her five children from a previous relationship, and two young children, then remarked that taxpayers angered by his purchase could 'f*** off'.
The outspoken father was shown admiring the LG 3D TV, which he ordered on the UK’s largest weekly payment retailer BrightHouse, when it was delivered to his council house on the Westcliff estate in Scunthorpe - the most deprived area of North Lincolnshire.
Bell claimed he had to buy the new TV, which is four feet wide and described as a home cinema with surround sound, after his children broke the last one.
The family is later shown enjoying the new purchase, all crammed in on the living room sofa wearing 3D glasses to watch a film.
TV stars: Dean and his wife Claire, pictured with their children, feature in the Channel 4 documentary series Skint which focuses on the lives of residents living on the Westcliff estate in Scunthorpe
Anger: The family have outraged viewers with their apparent aversion to work - with Bell previously claiming: 'There's nothing to do up here other than breed and feed'
'Bell then defended his actions, saying: 'I don’t care what people say, we are having to pay for this over two years.
'We cannot afford to go out and get one straight away like them working class people who have got, what, two grand a week coming in.
'Who gives a s*** what they think anyway. It is us who’s paying for it, not them.'
The episode aired on Monday and sparked outrage among viewers who took to Twitter and other websites to vent their anger.
Nathan Hodkin tweeted: 'I want to throw something at the TV every time Dean comes on. What a despicable waste of oxygen he is. #skint.'
Dean bell, pictured watching a film with his family, said he didn't care what other people thought as he was paying for the TV - not them
The show has been likened to Channel 4 drama Shameless, focusing on a family in a Manchester estate
While Lee1981uk wrote on Digital Spy: 'My main gripe with dean bell is that he never seemed that bothered about getting a job.
'And as for the TV, if he used an old tv/bought a 200 quid one and a few months later "well we put 50 pounds away a month for last 12 months" and got one for five ton from tesco then fair enough, but no he had to pay over the odds from brighthouse and get the SECOND most expensive television they sold.'
This is not the first time Bell, who used to work at a steel factory but stopped working a year ago, has angered viewers with his comments.
In a previous episode he claimed: 'There’s nothing to do up here other than breed and feed.' while in another he was filmed buying a chicken that had 'fallen off the back of a lorry' from the boot of a car as he claimed the family’s £1,600-a-month benefits doesn’t give him enough cash to buy food in the supermarket.
Unemployed Dean (left) and Claire (right) say they struggle to care for their kids on the benefits they receive
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