YouTube star Zoella faced a backlash on Twitter after she failed to recognise that a “random man” was actually Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour.

Zoella – real name Zoe Suggs – took a picture of Gilmour with his dog on a beach and uploaded it to her Instagram account.

Unaware of the “random” man’s fame, she captioned the shot: “I took this photo of a random man & his dog & other photos on the beach at sunset today! Click the link in my bio to give it a read. :).”

The picture – which was posted in 2014 – was also uploaded to her blog where she asked followers: “If you know this man, let him know these pictures exist as they may make him smile!”

I took this photo of a random man & his dog & other photos on the beach at sunset today! Click the link in my bio to give it a read. :) A photo posted by Zoella (@zoella) on Mar 1, 2014 at 4:44pm PST

Fans of the guitarist were quick to comment on the post with one shocked user posting: “That's f*****g David Gilmour!”

One outraged user posted: “Can't believe this human person is not familiar with the facial features of every member of every band ever to exist.”

Another posted: “I too have seen this ‘Random Man’ on the beach and shook his hand in fact right there and then. #legend#myhero.”

Loving Instagram today. Zoella takes a picture of sweet 'random old man' and his dog on the beach at Brighton. It is David Gilmour. — sophia bennett (@sophiabennett) February 9, 2016

YouTube star Zoella posts "random old man" on @Instagram. 1k comments later internet notices it's Dave Gilmourhttps://t.co/4f43jMjBZw — Sharon O'Dea (@sharonodea) February 8, 2016

Zoella takes pic of "random old man on beach" turns out to be Dave Gilmour of Pink Floyd. Comments are hilarious. https://t.co/QC1sbDotIi — Jamie East (@mrjamieeast) February 9, 2016

Others defended the young star:

If that Zoella Instagram thing is real/not a PR stunt...why is it okay to sneer at her for not knowing who David Gilmour is? — Nimrod Bodfish (@SMFRecords) February 9, 2016

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