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Rylan Clark-Neal says he was offered job by Hillary Clinton

The TV and radio presenter said he turned the offer down.
The TV and radio presenter said he turned the offer down. The TV and radio presenter said he turned the offer down.

Rylan Clark-Neal has claimed that he was offered a job to work for former US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.

While speaking to comedian Katherine Ryan on his BBC Radio 2 programme, he said the politician made him the offer when they met while he was working on ITV’s This Morning.

He said: “You know Hillary Clinton actually offered me a job once … As in, like, genuinely.

Hillary Clinton book launch
Hillary Clinton book launch Clark-Neal said he met Hillary Clinton while working on This Morning (Aaron Chown/PA)

“It was was when I worked on This Morning, we used to do this thing called The Hub, which is where I was just off the side of the set with a big screen doing viewer comments and I called her Hills babe, and then everyone went mad because they were like, ‘This could be the next president’.

“Anyway, we had a lovely chat and she was like, ‘I’d love you to be my personal aide’.

“So if it all goes wrong, I swear!”

Women in Film and TV Awards 2019 – London
Women in Film and TV Awards 2019 – London Clark-Neal made the comments while talking to Katherine Ryan (Ian West/PA)

When asked if he considered taking the job, Clark-Neal replied: “I didn’t, but I did say to her – and I won’t say the exact words I said to her because it’s not BBC Radio 2 friendly – I said, ‘Hillary, if I say a certain swear word on daytime TV and lose all my jobs, I’ll give you a ring’.”

Ryan told Clark-Neal she would “never, never see you as anyone’s personal aide, not the president of America, no-one, you know, so actually that was an insult”.

She added: “Hills can be your personal aide.”