Chris Martin has the same name as the lead singer of Coldplay - and that is what recently made him famous. British comedian Martin has, to his own and all of our amusement, received an influx of Twitter followers from India shortly after a Coldplay concert in Mumbai.

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He later on updated his Twitter profile picture to "not in Coldplay" and added "currently HUGE in India" to his Twitter bio.

He told the BBC that a lot of his new followers are "laughing with me and a surprising amount feel sorry for me".

"A few have pointed out that me and him look similar. I don't see it, but I guess we are both skinny white men with some half baked facial hair," the British comedian added.

Martin has been retweeting some of the hilarious responses he has been getting from India, including one that read: "Why do all white men look the same?"

 

He said that despite his clarifications a lot of his followers seem to have stuck around.

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"Pity followers I call them. But I'll take them. Since it's been in the media a few have jumped on the bandwagon. Everyone is welcome in my follower crew."

Some of them have even gone to his website and watched his stand-up clips some loved it but not everyone appreciated his talents.

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"One guy said he didn't find it at all funny but then called me 'buddy'. Quite possibly the politest online troll I've ever had," Chris Martin said.

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