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The hunky rugby player who starred in the first episode of The Undateables had women 'throwing themselves at his feet' after his appearance.

Tom Morgan , 26, from South Wales, has Tourette's and Asperger's Syndrome, but his handsome looks sent his Twitter into meltdown.

Appearing on Loose Women to chat about the reaction since the episode aired he was asked what had happened: "It went mad. It's crazy."

Confirming that his followers jumped from 700 to 18,000 overnight, he was asked by presenter Nadia Sawalha if he had women throwing themselves at his feet, laughing he responded: "A little bit yeah."

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Panelist Jane Moore asked the hunk if the reaction to the show had surprised him, to which he said: "Yes massively. I didn't expect it to be this positive. It's just amazing."

He added: "It just feels like a massive weight has just been lifted off my shoulders and I can just be myself."

Read more:Undateables star Tom Morgan vows to set up a charity after stealing the hearts of a nation

The rugby player admitted he was unsure at first about appearing on the dating show but realised that it would be a good opportunity to raise awareness of his conditions.

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"It's good that I raised awareness as well. I've had mothers with children with Tourette's and Asperger's thanking me, saying 'you're an inspiration', so I can't fault that."

"It is what it is, you've got to get on with it. You can't change who you are."

He explained that symptoms of his Asperger's means he finds it hard to show emotion, which prompted the Loose Women audience to 'ahh' when he said: "Obviously I love my mum, but I won't give her a hug or anything like that."

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Tom's mum Elaine was sat in the audience and she said she backed his decision to go on the Channel 4 documentary for both romantic reasons and to raise awareness of his condition.

"He's a lovely son, you just want the best for your children. In our eyes, he's always been Tom, there's nothing wrong with him.

"We are just overwhelmed with all the support this week, we just were not expecting this to happen."

Tom also spoke about his hopes of setting up a charity to help others get into sport who also suffer from Tourette's and Asperger's.

* Loose Women is on weekdays, ITV at 12.30pm, and The Undateables returns on Mondays, Channel 4 at 9pm