We knew there was something not quite right about this morning's rumours reporting that Liverpool striker Mario Balotelli had switched Anfield for the House of Commons.
During a debate about the government's drug policy, Hexham MP Guy Opperman reported that Mario Balotelli had just taken a seat in the viewing gallery.
Unfortunately, Balotelli was actually at Liverpool's Melwood Training Ground.
We imagine BBC Parliament viewing numbers fell off the edge of a cliff as soon as a reporter from the Liverpool Echo spoiled the fun.
It turns out the Balotelli lookalike is a 55-year-old Ken Hines, a dancer and stop and search campaigner.
We're not even sure Mario Balotelli could pull of both a blonde mohawk and a diamante-encrusted pink shirt.
[via Bleacher Report]
