Rylan Clark was inundated with messages from people asking if he was running from police after officers posted an electronic photograph of a suspect who looked like him.
The bearded suspect possesses similar characteristics to the 35-year-old radio and television host, who has similar facial hair and locks.
Rylan appeared on Wednesday’s episode of This Morning and cleared his name by proving he could not have committed the crime as he is currently in Sweden.
The man is one of four people wanted by police over an attack on a woman in Maidstone, Kent, in March.
The group demanded the victim hand over her watch before chasing her and beating her when she refused to hand it over.
Rylan Clark was inundated with messages from people asking if he was running from police after officers posted an electronic photograph of a suspect who looked like him.
The bearded suspect possesses similar characteristics to the 35-year-old radio and television host, who has similar facial hair and locks.
Rylan, who appeared on the ITV show via video link, said: “Yesterday I woke up to lots of messages from people saying: Are you running away? I didn’t know what was happening. I saw all the tweets.
‘I decided to tweet that it wasn’t me and the next thing I knew I had ITN News on the phone. I say, “What’s going on?” ‘
Rylan then took his camera and pointed it out the window, saying: “I can prove I’m in Sweden.” There’s a big Ikea right there, so that’s my test.
Fans of the star took to social media to point out the similarities, and the comparison circulated on X.
Reacting to Rylan’s X post, one person wrote: “My first thought was oh that’s Rylan.”
Another said: “He looks like a mix of you and Simon Cowell.” A third added: ‘Hmmmm are you sure lol?’
It comes after Rylan recently spoke out about dealing with homophobic abuse online, insisting he has no reason to feel ashamed of who he is.
The TV presenter rose to fame as a contestant on The X Factor in 2012 and credits the show for giving him thick skin.
Rylan appeared on Wednesday’s episode of This Morning and cleared his name by proving he could not have committed the crime as he is currently in Sweden.
Rylan pointed his camera out the window and said, “I can prove I’m in Sweden.” There’s a big Ikea right there, so that’s my test.
While she says she would “hate nothing more” than participating in the now-deleted television talent show again, she’s glad it was a stepping stone to the career and life she has today.
He said on The Radio Times Podcast: “You can look at social media and see someone say something that makes you feel like shit for two minutes.”
“But then I sit back and think, ‘I’m rich. I left a council house in Stepney Green.” Do you think I give a damn if Julie038765XYZ on Twitter says I have horse teeth or that I’m too gay?
“If I feel like shit, I just check my bank balance.”
Rylan rose to fame as a contestant on The X Factor in 2012 (pictured) and credits the show for giving him thick skin.
While Rylan, who finished fifth on the ninth series of The X Factor in 2012 and won Celebrity Big Brother the following year, would be cautious about appearing on certain reality shows again, there is one show he would definitely sign up for . for.
He says he would love to do a celebrity version of The Traitors if he was commissioned to do one.
Rylan explained: ‘I would hate nothing more than to be a contestant again. Unless it was about famous traitors. I’d go to town on that.
“Literally every time I see (host) Claudia (Winkleman) I think, ‘Why hasn’t this been done? Fix it or I’ll cut your bangs, honey.”
