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ESPN college football analyst Darius Walker says he received a complimentary hotel upgrade after staff mistook him for singer Darius Rucker<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
Walker shared the moment in a viral Instagram video captioned, “Apparently there’s another famous Darius…”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n
Rucker later commented on the post, prompting Walker to jokingly respond with another video<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
A simple hotel check-in turned into an unexpected VIP moment for ESPN college football analyst Darius Walker after staff apparently mistook him for Grammy-winning country singer Darius Rucker.<\/p>\n
Walker shared the mix-up in an Instagram video<\/a>, joking that the hotel upgraded his room after hearing his first name.<\/p>\n “When the hotel accidentally upgrades you because they think you said Darius Rucker,” text over the video reads as Walker smiles while showing off his upgraded accommodations.<\/p>\n “Apparently there’s another famous Darius\u2026 and today we both won,” he wrote in the caption, adding laughing and shrugging emojis.<\/p>\n The lighthearted post quickly took off, with viewers embracing the case of mistaken identity. Before long, the “other Darius” joined the conversation himself.<\/p>\n “You’re welcome!! Hahhahahahhaha,” Rucker commented.<\/p>\n Walker was just as surprised as his followers.<\/p>\n “The other Darius has entered the chat. I was not prepared for this,” he replied. “Welcome brother. I appreciate you!!”<\/p>\n Not long after, Walker leaned into the joke with a second Instagram video, pretending he’d begun looking into the man many people assumed had been responsible for his hotel upgrade.<\/p>\n “Let’s be clear, I’m a legit Darius. I’ve been one my entire life,” Walker says in the clip. “I’ve won championships, scored touchdowns, been on TV.”<\/p>\n Still, he joked that ever since posting the original video, Rucker seemed to be winning over the internet.<\/p>\n Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for <\/strong>PEOPLE’s free daily newsletter<\/strong><\/a> to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer\u200b\u200b, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.<\/strong><\/p>\n “People started tagging him, talking about the Grammys he’s won. He’s super cool. He’s the GOAT. His singing’s amazing,” Walker says, before adding with a laugh that he also discovered “there’s a growing number of people who were convinced his name was Hootie the whole time.”<\/p>\n Walker closes the video by saying he’ll “keep investigating this other Darius,” before joking that a photo of Rucker may become a permanent addition to his travel gear as he prepares for the upcoming college football season \u2014 just in case another hotel employee mistakes him for the country star.<\/p>\n Read the original article on People<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n