Top Gear presenter Paddy McGuinness took fans by surprise with the Instagram post - and his long locks immediately reminded his followers of fitness guru Joe Wicks.
Paddy's usual shaved head was replaced by a new shoulder-length hairstyle after he used a very lifelike filter, and the 49-year-old host was even compared to Jesus Christ as his brown locks flowed down over his T-shirt.
The Mirror reported the fans used the Comments section on Instagram to poke fun at Paddy, who was joking after a tough year in which he split from his wife, Christine McGuinness.
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"I loved your PE during lockdown," Jake Humphrey joked while Matt Baker simply said: "Jesus." Another quipped "I thought it was Joe Wicks!" while another said: "Joe Wicks as I live and breathe."
Paddy and Christine were plagued by split rumours last year, and in July 2022, they confirmed that they had parted ways. At the time, a joint statement on their Instagram pages said: "We hadn't planned on sharing this publicly until we were ready but the lack of privacy surrounding our personal life, we feel left with no other option but to clarify. A while ago we took the difficult decision to separate but our main focus as always is to continue loving and supporting our children. This was not an easy decision to make but we're moving forward as the best parents we can be for our three beautiful children. We'll always be a loving family, we still have a great relationship."
The couple's three children - Felicity, seven, and twins Leo and Penelope, nine - are autistic and 33-year-old Christine was diagnosed herself during her documentary Paddy and Christine McGuinness: Our Family and Autism.
Christine recently opened up about the former couple's decision to split after 11 years together. "I was only 19 when I met Patrick and for the last 15 years my role has been wife and mum," she told viewers in her latest documentary, Unmasking My Autism. "When I got diagnosed, I set out on a personal mission to figure out who I was, because I’ve played that many different roles in life and not really knowing which part of it was actually me, or who or which one was mostly me.
"So I’m clearing out because I literally had a wardrobe full of clothes to wear how I thought I was supposed to look and you’re not actually supposed to look like anything or anyone other than yourself. I’ve also separated with my husband in the process and I’m just, yeah, shedding I suppose, shedding my old identity, trying to figure out what my new one is."
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