'He's only the best guitarist in the world!' YouTube star Zoella is left VERY red faced after failing to notice the 'random man' in her snap was Dave Gilmour of Pink Floyd
- Zoella photographed the guitarist in 2014 and posted it on Instagram
- She called him a 'random man' after spotting him on Brighton beach
- Gilmour's wife noticed the mistake and shared it on Twitter yesterday
- The error has now generated its own Twitter hashtag 'RandomMan'
She is best known for her beauty and fashion tips and her online presence - boasting 10 million YouTube subscribers and seven million Instagram fans.
But a picture posted by Zoella on the photo sharing site has got people talking about the fashion and beauty vlogger for all the wrong reasons - after she seemingly failed to notice that the 'random' man in the image she had taken on Brighton beach was, in fact, David Gilmour.
Her fans were quick to mock Zoella, 25, whose real name is Zoe Sugg, who lives in Brighton with her blogger boyfriend Alfie Deyes, after the wife of the Pink Floyd guitarist and vocalist pointed out the online star's error.
YouTube star Zoella has been left red faced after captioning a photo of Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour as a 'random man' after taking a photo of him on the beach without realising who he was
Zoella (left) had photographed the rock star (right) on Brighton beach without having any idea who he was
Miss Sugg uploaded the image of a man playing on the beach with his dog on Instagram almost two years ago with the caption: '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. :)'
It has so far been liked more than 221,000 times.
However, David's identity was uncovered after his wife Polly Samson bought it to the attention of her Twitter followers on Monday night.
Despite the photo being almost two years old fans of David's were quick to dig out the photo and point out Zoella's mistake to her
The mistake was pointed out after David Gilmour's wife Polly Samson bought it to her Twitter followers' attention last night
She wrote: 'Daughter's just drawn my attention to this "random man" on Zoella's...' before linking back to the vlogger's Instagram.
The tweet has encouraged hundreds more to comment, as fans of David's took to Twitter to share their bemusement over Zoella's mistake using the hashtag 'RandomMan'.
Several others dug up the photograph still posted on Miss Sugg's Instagram account, commenting to bring the mistaken identity to her attention.
Holysmoly wrote: 'THIS IS DAVID GILMORE THE BEST GUITARIST LIVING IN THE WORLD.'
Bboudica commented: 'Jesus! hahahahaha...Humanity will talk about this "random man" and his music by the next 500 years...(sic)'
Spaceoddity2304 remarked on how lucky she was: 'I wish I could randomly bump into a music legend and his dog.
'I had a walk down that beach after his gig in September. Would love to meet him though I doubt I'd say much such would be my nerves.'
After a deluge of tweets, Polly Samson pointed out that her husband was probably just as unaware of who Zoella was.
She tweeted this morning: 'To be fair #randomman had no idea who the #randomyoungthings were either. @Zoella lovely pic by the way.'
FEMAIL has contacted Zoella for comment.
Miss Sugg grew up in Lacock, Wiltshire, the daughter of a beautician mother and a property developer father.
After finishing her A-Levels at the local Corsham School - she took art, photography and textiles - the 24-year-old started an apprenticeship at an interior design company.
Soon her YouTube channel, set up in 2009, became her full-time job, with more than six million subscribers and 12 million hits on her vlogs per month.
Miss Sugg now charges £20,000 a month to advertisers who want to place products alongside her fashion tips.
Such is the power of the posts of Wiltshire-born Zoe that skincare brands such as Simple and fashion labels including Topshop are queueing up to work with her.
She has created a range of beauty products, published a bestselling novel, been signed by Radio 1, is the charity Mind’s digital ambassador and was selected, along with brother Joe and boyfriend Alfie, to take part in Bob Geldof’s re-release of the Band Aid single.
Penguin Random House, the publisher behind her book Girl Online, agreed to sign Zoella after its CEO Tom Weldon was told by his 13-year-old goddaughter that the book would be ‘a huge best-seller’.
Zoella became the fastest-selling debut novelist since records began with her tome, Girl Online, outselling the likes of JK Rowling and Dan Brown.
Miss Sugg has also starred on the BBC's Comic Relief Bake Off special alongside celebrity contestants Gok Wan, Jonathan Ross and Abbey Clancy, and has her own record breaking beauty range in Superdrug.
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