Jerome Billingham, 25, was a factory worker, packing laundry for a living, when he sent Kim an innocent tweet in 2013, saying: "Do you notice your fans? I love you loads! #hotlove."
"Love you too," Kim replied and Jerome's followers skyrocketed from 200 to 20,000 in a week.
He now makes an estimated £5,000 a year tweeting about high street companies, such as Primark. He also does promotional work for E4.
"I thought: 'What the hell's happened?' and actually wondered if there had been a technological fault with my phone but then I saw hundreds and thousands of replies saying: 'Congratulations, well done son'."
In addition to his clothing promotions, Jerome gets into clubs and gets alcohol for free in exchange for free tweets. He now works for Haven Holidays but hopes to concentrate full time on social media soon.
He said: "I have had so many people reach out and offer sponsorship. Lad Bible and Boohooman wanted me to work for them. I did campaigns for E4's Tattoo Fixers, Primark's Christmas range, they'd sent me stuff and pay me almost £100 a tweet. I do that much on Twitter now I can barely keep up with it all."
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