LEWIS Capaldi has celebrated becoming a big enough name that people are trying to rip him off - by buying his own fake merchandise.
The Scots singer discovered dodgy sellers were offering counterfeit goods to fans outside his impromptu performances at SWG3 yesterday.
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But, rather than get annoyed, the 22-year-old bought some to "mark the occasion".
Heard there were boys selling fake merch outside my gig for the first time so I went and bought some to mark the occasion pic.twitter.com/vMVE00kPUu
— Lewis Calamari (@LewisCapaldi) April 21, 2019
Sharing a hilarious snap of himself wearing a fake T-shirt with a pair of novelty sunglasses, he wrote: "Heard there were boys selling fake merch outside my gig for the first time so I went and bought some to mark the occasion."
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The tweet was a hit with fans, racking up more than 27,480 likes and 1,460 retweets.
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