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Colin Brennan

RTE's Ryan Tubridy wishes happy birthday to lookalike Wes in hilarious Instagram post

RTE Late Late host Ryan Tubridy has wished a lookalike a very happy birthday.

He posted on his Instagram account to his 166,000 followers a 30th birthday message to a man named Wes.

The Dubliner shared a snap of Wes next to a cardboard cut-out of him and Tubridy admitted how similar they look.

He said: “This is Wes (right), he just turned 30 and has been slagged way too much for looking like me!?

“So his family got him a cardboard cut-out to add to the poor man’s pain.

“Happy birthday Wes and sorry for your troubles.”

Ryan Tubridy shared a picture of lookalike Wes and wished him a happy 30th birthday (Ryan Tubridy Instagram)

It comes as Reling In The Years was top of the ratings last week, eclipsing chat show kings Tommy Tiernan and Ryan Tubridy.

The second show of the new series looked at events in 2011 including the visit of President Barack Obama and was watched by 502,000 viewers.

It is currently the most-viewed programme on the RTE Player.

In his final week of a highly-acclaimed season, Tiernan was knocked off his winning streak in the ratings battle as The Late Late Show came out on top on Friday.

RTE's Ryan Tubridy jokes as he gives people a look around Aras An Uachtarain ahead of Late Late Show (Ryan Tubridy Instagram)

Tubs’ talk show recorded 480,000 viewers and had a 43% share.

It featured an interview at Aras an Uachtarain with President Michael D Higgins on his 80th birthday weekend and chats with Academy

award winner Kathy Bates, singer Imelda May and rugby star Johnny Sexton.

Tiernan finished off the season with an average audience of 443,000.

This is a 61,000 drop in viewers for the comedy host, who recorded an average audience of 504,000 for the penultimate edition.

RTE's Ryan Tubridy jokes as he gives people a look around Aras An Uachtarain ahead of Late Late Show (Ryan Tubridy Instagram)

For his final instalment of his extended season,he talked to director Neil Jordan, designer Joanne Hynes and friends Elaine Murphy and Laura Sutton about their surrogate story.

The show was originally scheduled to finish at the end of February but was extended until mid-April due to popular demand.

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