Wesley Byrne from Manchester, U.K. is probably the only grocery store employee who fully expects to be mobbed by fans when he goes in for a shift at work — and that would be because the guy looks scarily like Ed Sheeran and regularly gets mistaken for him pretty much anywhere he goes.
On Tuesday, Byrne appeared on British talk show This Morning to talk about his experience as Ed Sheeran’s doppelganger. Spoiler: it’s not easy. According to Byrne, he actually gets in trouble with his boss due to the amount of fans that approach him for selfies and autographs at work.
“I’ve been told to stop taking selfies at work because people are coming up to me while I’m working,” he told the show’s hosts.
By day, Wesley Byrne stacks shelf at a supermarket and tries to lead a normal life – but by night he’s mobbed by legions of fans because of his resemblance to @edsheeran! pic.twitter.com/RD16FurhXO
— This Morning (@thismorning) January 9, 2018
It gets worse too — especially since the release of Ed’s “Perfect” duet with Beyoncé, Byrne says he now can’t even have a night out without fans demanding he sing something for them.
“It started when I was on a night out and this random guy was adamant that I was him,” he later added. “He asked me to sing something and I had to show him my passport to prove I wasn’t him.”
In his defense we don’t really see why fans think they’d run into Ed working in the aisles of British grocery chain Asda, but then again, we can’t really blame them considering there’s no way this guy *isn’t* Ed’s twin separated at birth. The haircut, the glasses, the face shape — I mean LOOK AT HIM.
They was doing lookalikes on this morning! They showed a lookalike of ed sheeran pic.twitter.com/FcoxsaydeM
— Mel-Jayne (@Mel_Jayne1207) January 9, 2018
@edsheeran I hope you get too meet this guy let’s get this trending #EdSheeran lookalike this is crazy!! Make he’s dream come true #2018goals pic.twitter.com/4drlmn74GI
— Janet Reed (@janbaby47) January 9, 2018
No word on how Byrne’s singing chops stack up to Ed’s, but maybe there’s some way for him to quit his grocery store job and become a full-time Ed Sheeran impersonator?