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Rylan leaves fans in hysterics as he dresses as himself from X Factor era for Halloween

Rylan Clarke has dressed up as himself from his X Factor days for Strictly Come Dancing's Halloween special.

The TV presenter showed that he was more than happy to poke fun at himself after reuniting with his long blonde locks.

Rylan, 34, even wore a t-shirt with "Aint this love?" written across it, just like he wore when he stunned the judges back in 2012.

Whipping a cape around, he turned to the camera for the Instagram story where he plugged BBC iPlayer.

Posting his costume on his own Instagram, he added the caption: "She's been Ryserrected".

Fans rushed to the comment section to show their appreciation for his hilarious outfit.

Rylan Clarke dressed up as himself from his X Factor days (bbcstrictly/Instagram)
He even wore the same t-shirt from his audition (bbcstrictly/Instagram)

"Omg rylan that look is awesome," one wrote.

"Absolutely love u rylan," another added.

"Such a brilliant presenter. Never forget we love how real you are," a third chimed.

Whilst Rylan is now known for his jet black hair that is perfectly swept back into a quiff, fans were recently surprised to discover that isn't his natural colour.

Rylan was heaped with praise from fans (rylan/Instagram)

The It Takes Two host is actually a natural redhead but he started dying his hair from a young age after admitting he didn't feel confident.

"At school I was the little fat ginger kid and used to get picked on. I was quite camp, so the gay thing played its part. I used to start dying my hair at 14," he told The Sun.

"The first three years of school was hard and then I was like, 'I'm gay now, get over it.' It was taunting and very difficult," he added.

Rylan has come a long way since his time on X Factor (Getty Images for Orion Books)
His natural hair colour isn't black, he is a red head (Dave J Hogan/Getty Images)

"I just got to a point where I thought 'f***k off', if anyone said anything to me I'd give it to them straight back."

The TV star admitted that he's "still not happy now", but said that he's "ok with it".

He's spoken openly about his Botox and fillers, and how at times he had worried that he had "gone too far".

Rylan during the auditions of the X Factor in 2012 (PA)

The X Factor favourite said how he would "love nothing more" than to grow his hair, ditch the dye and let his beard be natural - but he said that he feels he has to stick to his created look.

Despite Rylans cheerful personality, he confessed that he's "quite an insecure person".

(Sunday Mirror)
(Ken McKay/ITV/REX/Shutterstock)

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After the breakdown of his marriage with Dan Neal, Rylan's weight plummeted.

Struggling to eat, he stayed with his mum Linda, who he described as his rock.

However, he eventually put the weight back on after signing up to The Six Pack Revolution programme and he says that he feels confident in his body again.

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