Zoella fails to notice picture of 'random man and his dog' is Pink Floyd's David Gilmour
'THIS IS DAVID GILMOUR. THE BEST GUITARIST LIVING IN THE WORLD'
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YouTube star Zoella has been at the centre of a Twitter and Instagram row after failing to recognise a picture she took of a "random man and his dog" was actually Pink Floyd's David Gilmour.
Zoella, real name Zoe Suggs, took a picture of Mr Gilmour and his dog on a beach and uploaded it to her Instagram account in 2014.
Unaware of the guitarist's fame, she captioned the photo: “I took this photo of a random man & his dog & other photos on the beach at sunset today! Click the link in my bio to give it a read. :).”
A photo posted by Zoella (@zoella) on
Users were quick to comment once they recognised the "random man" in the photo. One wrote:“That's f**king David Gilmour!”
Another added: "THIS IS DAVID GILMOUR. THE BEST GUITARIST LIVING IN THE WORLD"
The photo attracted mixed opinions on Twitter:
Polly Samson, Mr Gilmour's wife, saw the photo and tweeted:
Mr Gilmour is yet to comment.
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