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Zara Woodcock

David Walliams 'signs up to celebrity dating app' with hopes of finding love

David Walliams has reportedly joined a celebrity dating app, Raya, in hopes of striking up a romance.

The Britain's Got Talent judge, 50, is supposedly using pictures of him with his two border terriers Bert and Ernie on his profile.

Raya is an exclusive dating website that usually requires a reference to join. It has over 10,000 people using the site.

In one picture shared by The Sun, David is seen cuddling one of his dogs. He rocked a red button-up shirt as he smiled for the camera.

The second photo was similar but instead of a red shirt, he looked dapper in a black suit with a spotted pocket square.

Another snap had him dressed up as a woman for one of his television sketches.

David and his two dogs (dwalliams/Instagram)

"It looks more like a chance to adopt a homeless puppy than to go on a date. I half expected it to say, 'Enjoys long walks and lots of stroking'," a source told the publication.

"Obviously David recognises there’s a certain appeal to his cute pets and has put them front and centre many of the pictures.

"In some of them you can barely even see him."

Mirror have contacted David's representatives for comment.

David was previously married to model Lara Stone but the two split in 2015.

The pair had begun dating in 2009 and got engaged just four months later. They share an eight-year-old son, named Alfie, together.

David joined the dating app Raya (Dave Benett/Getty Images for Her)
David was previously married to Lara Stone (PA)

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In 2015, Lara agreed to take the blame in the divorce proceedings to end their five-year marriage, which was dissolved after the BGT star cited her "unreasonable behaviour" as grounds for divorce.

The pair had previously been thought to be one of the strongest couples in showbiz, but Lara has since admitted that she found the amount of fame that came with dating David Walliams difficult.

She explained: "I'd been at his house and was walking back to the Tube and this car was driving next to me and they were taking pictures the whole time. It was just so bewildering and terrifying."

In July last year, Lara got married to David Grievson after the pair met on Tinder in 2018.

Lara confirmed that she and her husband were engaged in February 2020 after two years of dating, with Lara showing off her diamond ring at a VIP dinner in Mayfair.

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