Rylan Clark unrecognisable as he offers 'little update' after bat drama at home

Rylan Clark put on a bit of an unrecognisbale appearance as he returned to social media to offer a 'little update' after suffering unexpected bat drama at his home. The BBC Radio 2 is no stranger to facing a few unexpected - and sometimes unwanted - guests at his plush home.

But the latest took him by completely surprise and he took to social media in a state of shock and horror. Rylan, 35 ,took to X, formerly known as Twitter, on Monday evening (January 8) with an audio clip in which he issued some choice expletives as he revealed the bat had launched itself onto his hand when he opened the front door of his house in Essex.

“A F***ING BAT JUST LANDED ON MY HAND WHAT THE F WHAT IS THIS. This ain’t normal surely WHY ME?" he also wrote on the platform. And it appears Rylan descended into further panic after learning that there is a slim possibility of contracting rabies from bat bites in Britain.

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Meanwhile, he also took to Instagram with a video as he recreated the moment and said: "‘I ain’t joking with ya! I have just come to my front door and opened it, and a bat has flown at me and landed on my hand. Landed on my hand! A bat! And then it’s flown away."

The This Morning star went on to plead: "Now, it’s snowing – has anyone got any bat expertise? Is that normal? When it’s snowing? Because it has flown and landed on my hand. There. It’s landed on me and then gone! Can someone please tell me if that’s normal behaviour? Because I don’t think that’s normal for the bat. I’ve already got a [pet]