EastEnders viewers have pointed out that Jay Mitchell has a very famous doppelgänger.
In a hilarious tweet posted this week, one soap fan shared a photo of Jamie Borthwick’s character Jay alongside his showbiz twin – Catherine Tate!
Specifically Catherine’s comedy character Lauren Cooper, whose famous catchphrase ‘am I bovvered?’ became one of the most overused one-liners when The Catherine Tate Show first aired in 2004.
https://twitter.com/SoulStormHawk/status/1158811752525717508
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On Tuesday (August 6), the eagle-eyed fan wrote: “For some odd reason, Jay reminds me of Catherine Tate’s Lauren Cooper. The resemblance though. #EastEnders.”
Some were quick to agree with him, with one commenting: “OMG that’s too funny!”
In fact, it’s not the first time that a soap fan has spotted Jay’s similarity to the Doctor Who actress.
One fan said in a historic post: “All this time I thought Jay from EastEnders was Catherine Tate‘s son!”
#SeparatedAtBirth Jay from Eastenders and Catherine Tate
— ♡Miranda♡ (@Desolationway) December 17, 2011
All this time I thought Jay from Eastenders was Catherine Tate's son 🙄
— Various Jams (@Various_Jams) August 23, 2016
Jay on eastenders is becoming a spit of Catherine Tate
— adam jones (@adamjones1984) May 10, 2013
Are Jay in Eastenders & Catherine Tate related? They are so alike !
— Sally Hughes (@RUBBERTECH123) August 21, 2012
Jay in eastenders looks like a really, REALLY ugly Catherine Tate.
— Connor (@itsmeCONNOR) July 12, 2012
and LOL at her laughing at Catherine Tate being compared to jay from Eastenders xD x
— Adam Duff (@duffdotcom) April 14, 2009
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Another said: “Jay on EastEnders is becoming a spit of Catherine Tate.”
A third has asked: “Are Jay in EastEnders and Catherine Tate related? They are so alike!”
“Separated At Birth: Jay from EastEnders and Catherine Tate,” posted one more.
In fact, Catherine Tate’s annoying schoolgirl Lauren HAS appeared in EastEnders when she took part in a Children In Need special in 2005.
Lauren clashed with Little Mo Slater in the laundrette, before she turned her attention to Peggy Mitchell in The Queen Vic – accusing the landlady of being Chas and Dave’s mum!
Disappointingly, Jay and Lauren did not appear on-screen together…
Catherine is currently working on a film version of her popular character Nan, which will focus on the backstory of the foul mouthed pensioner.
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