Salford comedian Jason Manford reveals he was turned down for a job by Tesco

The Saford comedian Jason Manford has said he was turned down for a job at Tesco.

The comedian said on social media that he applied for a job as a driver when he had been made "recently unemployed" as he "wanted to feel useful".

He joked that he is "absolutely livid", adding: "I was only trying to do my bit.

After another social media user joked that he would "do anything to get out of the house", Manford joked: "Oh don't get me wrong, my extracurricular volunteer work is a purely selfish way of having an hour to myself."

He also shared an image of a smashed jar lying on his kitchen floor, saying: "All it takes is one look at my social media to know why I didn't get the Tesco job."

The 38-year-old said he had submitted his application earlier on in the coronavirus pandemic "when it looked like supermarkets etc were going to need thousands of extra hands".

Tesco said he had applied for a job as a driver to help out during the coronavirus, but was turned down.

Having failed to get a job at Tesco, Manford has been working as a volunteer for the NHS for more than a month and has been doing jobs such as taking the elderly and vulnerable to hospital