HEARTBREAKING: Beloved A Place In The Sun presenter Lee Juggurnauth ᴍᴜʀᴅᴇʀᴇᴅ by co-star Jasmine Harman in gruesome DETAILS
An eerie AI-generated parody video has plunged A Place in the Sun into controversy, depicting beloved presenter Lee Juggurnauth being ᴍᴜʀᴅᴇʀᴇᴅ by his co-star Jasmine Harman in a chilling, fictional twist.
The widely adored Channel 4 show, famous for helping British buyers find dreamy property abroad, features its panel of hosts.
Among them is Jasmine Harman, 49, who has been with the programme since 2004, and the relatively new addition Lee Juggurnauth, 36, who joined in 2021 as a property expert and developer.
In a surreal eight-minute video uploaded to YouTube, fan creator Rafi Shor re-imagines the sunny series as a dark homage to Sunset Boulevard.
The clip begins with a digitally generated scene of a drowned Lee, face-down in murky water, as a violent surprise unravels in this twisted alternate universe.
Rafi explained the concept in the video description: What’s real in reality TV? And when you run it through an AI blender, what if anything survives?
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An eerie AI-generated parody video has plunged A Place in the Sun into controversy, depicting beloved presenter Lee Juggurnauth, 36, being ᴍᴜʀᴅᴇʀᴇᴅ by his co-star Jasmine Harman in a chilling, fictional twist
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The widely adored Channel 4 show, famous for helping British buyers find dreamy property abroad, features its panel of hosts – among them is Jasmine Harman (recreated here by AI), 49, who has been with the programme since 2004
‘I took A Place in the Sun and re-cut it as a twisted homage to Sunset Boulevard: Jasmine Harman is the fading diva, Lee Juggurnauth the charming usurper. The coast is clear: for her, and her alone.’
Speaking to the Daily Mail, Rafi insisted there was no ill intention behind the parody.
He said he’s a long-time fan and creating the video was ‘painstaking work’ – not something done with malice.
He recalled the spark of inspiration hitting him as he watched the show while scrolling, seeing a headline about Sunset Boulevard’s 75th anniversary and instantly envisioning Jasmine as the faded star.
Pushing the AI to portray Jasmine as a tempestuous diva proved difficult – he described a painstaking process of ‘endless poking and prodding’ to achieve the dramatic effect.
Still, he hopes Lee and Jasmine will see the video as lighthearted fan fiction, a playful nod rather than an insult.
‘I love Lee and Jasmine, hopefully they’ll love it as the fan fiction that it is and enjoy seeing themselves in a different comedic light,’ Rafi shared.
Jasmine Harman recently opened up about her worst ever experience while filming for the show.
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In a surreal eight-minute video uploaded to YouTub , fan creator Rafi Shor re-imagines the sunny series as a dark homage to Sunset Boulevard
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Rafi explained the concept in the video description: What’s real in reality TV ? And when you run it through an AI blender, what if anything survives?
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The parody’s creator hopes Lee (pictured at the Television and Radio Industries Club Awards 2025) and Jasmine will see the video as lighthearted fan fiction, a playful nod rather than an insult
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Jasmine Harman recently opened up about her worst ever experience while filming for the show
She revealed she once presented an episode which saw a house hunter find their dream home among the options she selected.
As fans of the show will know, finding the right property for the buyers – who often have big dreams and a specific vision – is not always a guarantee, so she was elated to have been successful.
But it all came crashing down when, as she helped the guest make an offer on the property, Jasmine was told the horrifying news it had already been sold to someone else.
Having not previously been informed about this, she said everyone – herself, the buyer and the whole Channel 4 team – was ‘crushed’.
She explained: ‘It was just absolutely awful.
‘Can you imagine? You’re just on the cusp of making that amazing life-changing decision and someone pulls the rug out from under you. It was horrible.’
While the buyer was the one hurt in that particular episode, Jasmine added they can sometimes be the ones who cause the hassle in other cases.
The host remembered some particular guests on the show who refused to even step foot inside a property she had chosen for them, in Co Mayo, Ireland.
Even after she then pointed out it was the only freehold property within their budget, they still refused to take a look.
