Love It or List fans surprised as they spot family in car company advert

Love It or List It viewers were surprised when a family appearing on the Channel 4 show also showed up in an advert during the commercial break.

Jabzz Mhlanga and wife Sarah enlisted the help of property experts Phil Spencer and Kirstie Allsopp in an episode shown on TV this week.

The couple, who have two children, went on the show for advice on whether they should spend £45,000 renovating their four-bed Cheshire home or put it on the market.

As they struggled to make their decision, fans of the show were surprised to see cinematographer Jabzz and actress Sarah pop up in an advert for car company, Lookers, during the break.

Love It or List It fans were surprised by the couple's appearance on the show and add (Channel 4)

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Even host Kirstie was taken aback and tweeted: “Oops! Our lovely from this week’s #LIOLI in Cheshire, have recently appeared in an ad! And guess what....? It’s gone into OUR ad break, what are the chances?!!!”

And fans shared their surprise over the coincidence as one wrote: “Was that an ad during Love It Or List It starring the real family in the episode!? #LIOLI“.

“Wait… was that tonights Love It Or List It family acting in the Lookers advert??! They get about,“ another penned.

A third added: “So.. watching love it or list it on C4 and the same family have appeared in a car advert during the programme!! Not sure that was well planned!“

After reading the comments, Kirstie insisted the appearance of the ad during the Love It or List It break was a complete coincidence.

“It really isn’t. We’re not that clever to be honest,” she told disgruntled fans on Twitter.

The family appeared in a car advert during the commercial break (Channel 4)

She added: “They were a very real family with the same issues as so many families have with their homes.”

In the end Jabzz and Sarah decided to stay in their £550,000 home and instead spend £5,000 on clever storage solutions to improve their current property.

Eagle-eyed viewers may have seen Sarah pop up in TOWIE and on This Morning in the past, too.

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