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Rumours went overboard last month when Celebrity Big Brother teased a mystery figure very reminiscent of The Beast from ITV's The Chase.

However, the "callous" man who likes to listen to Eminem turned out to be Game of Thrones actor James Cosmo in the end.

Many people on social media were convinced beforehand that it was going to be the brainiac (aka Mark Labbett). Heck, even the man himself thought it was him.

"My friends thought it was me, my brothers thought it was me, even I thought it was me," Mark joked to Metro.

"I have had at least two friends wanting to put a bet on me. I cannot believe I was briefly 7-1 joint favourite!

"The Chase producers phoned my agent at the weekend and asked him if we had something to tell them, especially as I am filming The Chase at Elstree this month!"

"I thought James Cosmo makes a great body double for me despite being nearly 20 years older. I know he is a good friend of one of the producers on The Chase so I suspect his teaser video might not have been a coincidence..."

However, what would it honestly take for Mark to do Celebrity Big Brother? Clue: £££.

"As a working minor celeb I will consider any show if the fee is right," he continued. "Five years ago, I was earning £100 a day as a supply teacher so I always keep my eye on the important things in life.

"If I went on CBB, the isolation would be my biggest problem - with my job I am a news and information junkie and I am always reading or web surfing info, so I would probably suffer withdrawal symptoms from the digital world."