{"id":91727,"date":"2025-02-04T16:46:38","date_gmt":"2025-02-04T16:46:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=91727"},"modified":"2025-02-28T10:17:30","modified_gmt":"2025-02-28T10:17:30","slug":"the-sweary-parrot-pub-pet-who-insults-customers-is-causing-a-flap-in-adamsdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2025\/02\/04\/the-sweary-parrot-pub-pet-who-insults-customers-is-causing-a-flap-in-adamsdown\/","title":{"rendered":"The sweary parrot: Pub pet who insults customers is\u00a0causing a flap in Adamsdown"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Warning: This video and article contain explicit language<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>A PET parrot who squawks a string of obscenities at customers is proving a hit for The Clifton Hotel in Adamsdown.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rio, a two-year-old South American Macaw, has lived with The Clifton&#8217;s landlady since&nbsp;he was a chick and learned his x-rated chat from regulars.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cRio greets people when they come in but he then tells them to f*** off,&#8221; said The Clifton Hotel\u2019s landlady Kerry Chapman, 53. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s said much worse like \u2018You\u2019re a w***er\u2019 and \u2018You t**t&#8217;. He\u2019s told people \u2018You\u2019re barred\u2019.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/e99a4b8c-600b-4e93-9c37-4ebdbcbdb886-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-91729\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/e99a4b8c-600b-4e93-9c37-4ebdbcbdb886-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/e99a4b8c-600b-4e93-9c37-4ebdbcbdb886-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/e99a4b8c-600b-4e93-9c37-4ebdbcbdb886-770x578.jpeg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/e99a4b8c-600b-4e93-9c37-4ebdbcbdb886-1536x1153.jpeg 1536w, 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https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/e99a4b8c-600b-4e93-9c37-4ebdbcbdb886-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/e99a4b8c-600b-4e93-9c37-4ebdbcbdb886-770x578.jpeg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/e99a4b8c-600b-4e93-9c37-4ebdbcbdb886-1536x1153.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/e99a4b8c-600b-4e93-9c37-4ebdbcbdb886-293x220.jpeg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/e99a4b8c-600b-4e93-9c37-4ebdbcbdb886-1400x1051.jpeg 1400w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/e99a4b8c-600b-4e93-9c37-4ebdbcbdb886.jpeg 1599w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Rio, a two-year-old South American Macaw, squawks naughty words during quiet moments at the bar.<\/strong> Credit: Benedict Elliot.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/image-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-91734\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/image-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/image-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/image-770x578.jpeg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/image-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/image-293x220.jpeg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/image-1400x1050.jpeg 1400w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/image.jpeg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/image-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-91734\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/image-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/image-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/image-770x578.jpeg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/image-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/image-293x220.jpeg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/image-1400x1050.jpeg 1400w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/image.jpeg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>People across Cardiff visit The Clifton Hotel in Adamsdown just to see Rio.<\/strong> Credit: Benedict Elliot.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Ms Chapman bought Rio from a pet shop when he was six-weeks-old and took him to Adamsdown when she became the landlady of The Clifton two years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHe was shy then, but&nbsp;now he\u2019s got a foul mouth,&#8221; she said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;He&nbsp;often takes people&#8217;s bobble hats and rips them up with his beak, but no one ever gets annoyed by him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPeople from all over Cardiff visit just to see Rio. Regulars love him too.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Joe Relvas, 67, nicknamed \u2018The Parrot Man\u2019, is one of them.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know why but Rio loves me when I come. He gets jealous when I speak to other drinkers,\u201d said Mr Relvas, who has lived opposite the pub for 25 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cEverybody in the area knows Rio. He\u2019s a beautiful creature. Sometimes he says to me \u2018Wassup!\u2019, but he&nbsp;then tells me to f*ck off too.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"680\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/49e22f28-e02c-40e9-9836-36c4483b2ae3-1-2-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-91754\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/49e22f28-e02c-40e9-9836-36c4483b2ae3-1-2-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/49e22f28-e02c-40e9-9836-36c4483b2ae3-1-2-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/49e22f28-e02c-40e9-9836-36c4483b2ae3-1-2-770x511.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/49e22f28-e02c-40e9-9836-36c4483b2ae3-1-2-1536x1020.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/49e22f28-e02c-40e9-9836-36c4483b2ae3-1-2-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/49e22f28-e02c-40e9-9836-36c4483b2ae3-1-2-293x195.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/49e22f28-e02c-40e9-9836-36c4483b2ae3-1-2-1400x930.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/49e22f28-e02c-40e9-9836-36c4483b2ae3-1-2.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"680\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/49e22f28-e02c-40e9-9836-36c4483b2ae3-1-2-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-91754\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/49e22f28-e02c-40e9-9836-36c4483b2ae3-1-2-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/49e22f28-e02c-40e9-9836-36c4483b2ae3-1-2-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/49e22f28-e02c-40e9-9836-36c4483b2ae3-1-2-770x511.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/49e22f28-e02c-40e9-9836-36c4483b2ae3-1-2-1536x1020.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/49e22f28-e02c-40e9-9836-36c4483b2ae3-1-2-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/49e22f28-e02c-40e9-9836-36c4483b2ae3-1-2-293x195.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/49e22f28-e02c-40e9-9836-36c4483b2ae3-1-2-1400x930.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/49e22f28-e02c-40e9-9836-36c4483b2ae3-1-2.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">&#8220;<strong><strong>Rio loves me when I come in. He gets jealous when I speak to other drinkers,&#8221; said Mr Relvas<\/strong><\/strong>. Credit: Benedict Elliot.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/391c99df-c8d2-487c-b959-b1db91a77dca-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-91740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/391c99df-c8d2-487c-b959-b1db91a77dca-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/391c99df-c8d2-487c-b959-b1db91a77dca-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/391c99df-c8d2-487c-b959-b1db91a77dca-1-770x578.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/391c99df-c8d2-487c-b959-b1db91a77dca-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/391c99df-c8d2-487c-b959-b1db91a77dca-1-293x220.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/391c99df-c8d2-487c-b959-b1db91a77dca-1-1400x1050.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/391c99df-c8d2-487c-b959-b1db91a77dca-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/391c99df-c8d2-487c-b959-b1db91a77dca-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-91740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/391c99df-c8d2-487c-b959-b1db91a77dca-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/391c99df-c8d2-487c-b959-b1db91a77dca-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/391c99df-c8d2-487c-b959-b1db91a77dca-1-770x578.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/391c99df-c8d2-487c-b959-b1db91a77dca-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/391c99df-c8d2-487c-b959-b1db91a77dca-1-293x220.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/391c99df-c8d2-487c-b959-b1db91a77dca-1-1400x1050.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/391c99df-c8d2-487c-b959-b1db91a77dca-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">&#8220;<strong>Sometimes Rio says to me \u2018Wassup!\u2019, but he&nbsp;then tells me to f*ck off too,&#8221; Mr Relvas said. <\/strong>Credit: Benedict Elliot.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Another regular, Larry Green, 48, who has been coming to the Clifton with his family since he was eight-years-old, said: \u201cMy five-year old Bulldog, called &#8216;Chaos&#8217;, used to just sit down and stare at Rio. He didn\u2019t know what&nbsp;he was and they didn&#8217;t get on but he\u2019s fine with him now.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cA regular called Tony comes in and sits in the corner. He&#8217;s got a distinctive laugh which Rio overhears and repeats. Tony then tells Rio to shut up,&nbsp;but Rio tells him to \u2018f*** off\u2019.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"795\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/b0335d9b-c5cf-4386-b382-e0a7ef4268e5-1-1024x795.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-91868\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/b0335d9b-c5cf-4386-b382-e0a7ef4268e5-1-1024x795.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/b0335d9b-c5cf-4386-b382-e0a7ef4268e5-1-300x233.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/b0335d9b-c5cf-4386-b382-e0a7ef4268e5-1-770x598.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/b0335d9b-c5cf-4386-b382-e0a7ef4268e5-1-293x228.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/b0335d9b-c5cf-4386-b382-e0a7ef4268e5-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"795\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/b0335d9b-c5cf-4386-b382-e0a7ef4268e5-1-1024x795.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-91868\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/b0335d9b-c5cf-4386-b382-e0a7ef4268e5-1-1024x795.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/b0335d9b-c5cf-4386-b382-e0a7ef4268e5-1-300x233.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/b0335d9b-c5cf-4386-b382-e0a7ef4268e5-1-770x598.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/b0335d9b-c5cf-4386-b382-e0a7ef4268e5-1-293x228.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/b0335d9b-c5cf-4386-b382-e0a7ef4268e5-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>&#8216;Before, my Bulldog, &#8216;Chaos&#8217;, didn&#8217;t get on Rio but he\u2019s fine with him now.&#8221;<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Landlady Ms Chapman is considering moving pubs and if so would have to sell Rio &#8211; who is worth around \u00a34,000 &#8211; if she moves pubs. 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