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Rylan Clark celebrates becoming ‘face of football internationally’ after Real Madrid joke gets out of handNaomi Gordon
Rylan Clark jokes about becoming the ‘face of football internationally’ after going viral on Twitter (Picture: Twitter)
Rylan Clark has found himself at the centre of a joke on Twitter as people jested that he received a stunning tribute by Spanish team Real Madrid.
A huge banner was unveiled in the stands as Los Blancos prepared to play Manchester City in the Champions League semi-final.
While the picture was meant to be an homage to famed striker Karim Benzema, fans on Twitter couldn’t help but point out the image’s similarity to former X Factor star Rylan.
Football Joe posted the photo of the banner and tweeted: ‘Lovely tribute to Rylan Clark from the Real Madrid fans.’
Rylan responded, in Spanish, obviously, with the tweet: ‘Gracias.’
However when the post went viral, the 33-year-old It Takes Two Presenter asked: ‘How did I become the face of football internationally?’
BBC’s Match Of The Day joined in on the joke by adding: ‘Kilmarnock and Real Madrid football legend @Rylan.’
Even better was the resurfacing of a clip of Rylan taking part in a shootout on Sky’s Soccer AM alongside his fellow former X Factor contestants in 2012.
In the video, he can be seen wearing a baseball cap, sunglasses and a pair of Uggs as he goes for a goal and dismally misses.
‘Hi my name’s Rylan, I support West Ham but only because I was a junior Hammer once, I don’t know nothing about football so I’m just going to commentate. In my Ugg boots,’ he says into the camera.
Reacting to the clip, Rylan tweeted, all in caps lock: ‘NAH THIS IS TOO MUCH NOW.’
Under a photo of himself preparing to shoot a goal, he added: ‘From humble beginnings on @SoccerAM in 2012 wearing UGG boots to international face of the game. It’s been a good 10 years #lad #cinchedit.’
X Factor fans will recognise Christopher Maloney, Lucy Spraggan and Union J, among others, supporting him on the pitch.
When FootballJOE tweeted: ‘We all know what needs to happen next, don’t we
@socceraid?’
Rylan wrote: ‘STOP THIS LUNACY.’
One Twitter user commented: ‘@Rylan you should play @socceraid this year! Home game at The London Stadium #COYI.’
Another agreed, adding: ‘Imagine him strolling onto the pitch in Uggs just to smash in a 40 yard screamer.’
We’d love to see it.
Meanwhile, Rylan will star in a Pride anniversary episode of Celebrity Gogglebox alongside other British LGBTQ+ personalities as Channel 4 marks 50 years since the first Pride march took place in the UK.
‘Channel 4 has been responsible for more outstanding LGBTQ+ content over its 40 years than any other public service broadcaster – often commissioning content others wouldn’t touch, from award-winning dramas It’s A Sin, Queer As Folk, and Brookside to innovative factual stories including Football’s Coming Out, Genderquake, and Hollyoaks: Gay Dads Forever,’ said Louisa Compton, who is overseeing the Pride season for the channel.
‘It only seems fitting that at this important moment for LGBTQ+ history in the UK we do what we’ve always done, double down on our commitment to agenda-setting programming with exciting new commissioning and All 4 firsts.’
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