Nigel Farage denies dying hair blonde in honour of Trump: 'It was just the sunlight'

Former Ukip leader says he did not use any Sun-In to make his hair any lighter

Nigel Farage has denied dying his hair blonde in honour of US president Donald Trump and insisted it was merely a trick of the light.

The former Ukip leader said he had been on holiday in Cornwall and the sun may have made his hair lighter “like it does for everyone”.

Mr Farage, deemed to be one of the architects of the Brexit vote, said he had not used any Sun-in to make his hair any lighter.

“No I don’t use it,” he said, laughing off a question on any possible use of the Sun-In hair lightener.

“It looks like that on one Sky interview – what about all the other pictures of me? It was just the sunlight was on it,” he told The Independent.

“I was the most photographed man in Brussels last night – look at the photos and you can’t see anything”.

Photos taken of the eurosceptic MEP watching England lose to Belgium in the World Cup in a bar in Brussels last night would appear to support this.

After Mr Farage appeared on Sky News with what appeared to be a head of golden locks, he was quickly forced to deny being inspired by Mr Trump’s trademark sandy covered comb-over.

Twitter has erupted into a frenzy over the image of Mr Farage – with people comparing his hair to that of the president.

“Nigel Farage on Sky News, appears to have have become a bottle blonde in Trumpian tribute,” Twitter user, Gary Rogers, said.

“It looks like the transformation op for Nigel Farage to turn into Donald Trump has begun," another added.

“I think Nigel Farage went to the hairdresser and asked for a Donald Trump,” said someone else.

Mr Farage, who was the first British politician to meet Mr Trump after he won the US presidential election in 2016, is a long-time ally of the billionaire property mogul.

Mr Trump – who asked the Ukip leader to speak at election campaign rallies – broke all diplomatic convention by suggesting the ex-Ukip leader could become the new British ambassador in Washington after winning the presidential election back in November 2016.