Rylan Clarke teases his celebrity crush - and it's not Rob Rinder

Rylan Clark got everyone's hopes up erstwhile helium said helium was successful a 'full-on romance' with his BFF Rob Rinder aft viewers loved watching them connected Rob and Rylan's Grand Tour - but it seems helium mightiness beryllium holding retired for idiosyncratic other entirely.

Rylan Clark teased fans with speech of a 'full-on romance' with his champion mate Rob Rinder aft their chemistry connected Rob and Rylan's Grand Tour was a hit. But it seems he's present got his oculus connected idiosyncratic else. At the JustGiving Awards successful London's Roundhouse connected Wednesday night, hosted by Rylan himself, helium joked that his eventual celeb crush is nary different than Bridgerton's Jonathan Bailey.

The dashing actor, known for his relation arsenic Anthony Bridgerton successful the steamy Netflix series, has won implicit countless fans since the show's debut successful 2020, and Rylan joked astir being anxious to articulation the ranks of admirers, reports OK! quipping: "Sadly, Jonathan Bailey couldn't marque it. Maybe it would beryllium champion if helium could; I would've gotten down connected 1 knee."

The 36-year-old Wallingford-born histrion Jonathan came retired arsenic cheery successful his aboriginal 20s but didn't remark connected the contented publically until a decennary later. Jonathan has remained reasonably tight-lipped astir his emotion beingness but told the Evening Standard successful December 2023 that determination was "a beauteous man" successful his life. "Having a backstage beingness is, for me, wholly critical," helium declared. "I don't cognize if I would beryllium capable to beryllium arsenic assured to talk retired connected different things if I felt that my full beingness was up for grabs." Although helium keeps his idiosyncratic beingness nether wraps, the histrion is delighted to leverage his fame for charitable efforts, which was celebrated astatine the 2024 GoCardless JustGiving Awards

He scooped the Celebrity Fundraiser of the Year grant for his awesome fundraising for Just Like Us, a foundation supporting schools and LGBT+ younker nationwide. His committedness included moving a fractional marathon successful May, netting a whopping £33,000 for the cause. On receiving the accolade, Jonathan expressed: "I consciousness truthful honoured to beryllium idiosyncratic championing the charity, Just Like Us, and the noble enactment they bash to empower young radical from the LGBT+ assemblage to turn up feeling arrogant of who they are. I've met immoderate of their young ambassadors who spell into schools, speech astir their idiosyncratic journeys with coming retired and ally-ship. They inspired maine to go a patron of the charity, and I'm honoured to beryllium accepting an grant successful designation of their enactment and the wealth radical truthful generously donated."

The histrion is besides presently lighting up the surface successful the caller philharmonic movie adaptation of Wicked. This two-part cinematic rendition of the fashionable signifier philharmonic draws its inspiration from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz book.