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OMG! Rhys Ifans 'puts dirty pants in post'

Actor plays bizarre prank on Royal Mail worker

Notting Hill actor Rhys Ifans was dumped by Sienna Miller earlier this year

Rhys Ifans shocked onlookers at the weekend when he appeared to put dirty underwear in the post.

The actor, who split with Sienna Miller in June, is thought to have left pants in a postman's sack after being interviewed by Q Radio.

‘Rhys and some friends were down in the reception being quite boisterous,' says a source. ‘He was particularly excited when the postman arrived.

'He went outside and was singing “hey Mr Postman” and “Special delivery” and giggling to himself manically.’

He is then said to have whipped out some Calvin Klein boxers from his pocket before secretly planting them in a pile of letters.

‘When the postie arrived back he looked inside his sack and pulled out a piece of underwear he looked as if he was getting ready to gag,’ the source tells the News Of The World.

The postal worker then stormed into the building to complain.

A Bauer Media spokesman said: ‘We did have an unofficial compliant from Royal Mail about a "rogue" item in our post. But no further action has been taken.’

Rhys, 40, who is currently on holiday in Ibiza, was unavailable for comment.

Alison Adey