I have an Ellie-bi! | Police want to question comic's doppelganger

I have an Ellie-bi!

Police want to question comic's doppelganger

comedyEllie Taylor has been forced to reassure fans she’s not a criminal – after police released an image of a lookalike they want to question over a purse snatching.

Twitter followers were quick to alert the Mash Report star about the similarity after Leicestershire officers put out an appeal about the crime in a  village supermarket last month.

It prompted the comic to post the tongue-in-cheek disclaimer: ‘I would like to publicly state that this is NOT me. On the day in question I was in Pizza Express, Woking.’

Last year, Friends star David Schwimmer was at the centre of a similar story after a doppelganger used a stolen credit card in Blackpool.

Published: 16 Dec 2019

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