On Wednesday, Josie Gibson and Dermot O’Leary had to double-check who was sitting on their This Morning sofa since the stars of The Great British Bake Off Musical looked exactly like Paul Hollywood and Dame Prue Leith.
The renowned Channel 4 baking competition has now moved to the stage, with Les Miserables star John Owen Jones taking on the role of judge Phil Hollinghurst, who is based on Paul.
And the likeness is uncanny.
He joked about looking ‘nothing like’ Paul when sitting next to Dame Prue’s character, Pam Lee, played by Haydyn Gwynne.
‘You do,’ Josie insisted, adding: ‘You’ve got a real Paul Hollywood look about you!’
But John joked he was cast on his ‘talent alone’, laughing: ‘The looks came later!’
Viewers at home stunned with the resemblance, with one writing ‘Am I having a fever dream?’
‘Why is Paul Hollywood singing and slapping the fresh hell out of that dough,’ another joked.
Others, on the other hand, were less impressed, with one writing: ‘He looks precisely like Paul Hollywood… in low lighting, if you squint from 30 feet away.’
Meanwhile, when the musical talents performed on the ITV show, audiences were left in stitches at the hit’s name: Slap It Like That.
‘”Slap it like that!” … isn’t a song I expected to see on This Morning,’ one viewer commented.
The Great British Bake Off Musical will premiere in February 2023, with book and lyrics by Jake Brunger and music and lyrics by Pippa Cleary. Tickets will go on sale later this month.
This Morning airs weekdays from 10am on ITV.