Rob Manuel has been collecting people’s darkest secrets on the web for three years and to celebrate Fesshole’s latest milestone, he’s offering up some life lessons
Dad-of-three Rob Manuel has sifted through 150,000 confessions submitted to him anonymously via his viral Twitter account – Fesshole. He receives around 200 a day, which can range from people admitting white lies, sharing awkward incidents, and revealing wicked encounters – all of which are either interesting or funny, which is Rob’s rule of thumb when deciding those that make the cut.
Following the account’s instant success, three years later, he’s compiled his favourites into a new book – The Very Best of Fesshole: Britain Confesses Anonymously. The book plays on the idea of how worshippers confess their sins to God and is centred around Rob’s version of the biblical 10 commandments.
“Finally the second Bible has been published,” Rob, 48, of north London, jokes to The Mirror. “I think very much like the Bible, it’s full of stories that you can learn lessons from.
“I’m not telling you what the lesson is. I’m saying you need to read it and find your own meaning and important lessons of humanity.” He later quips: “There’s a lot of advice in there on how to screw people over in your office”.