Robert Rinder professed his 'love' for close friend Rylan Clark as he let slip why the TV star makes him smile. The former telly judge said he 'loves' his close friend Rylan, saying there are two types of friends. He told the Great Company with Jamie Laing podcast: "Real friendship is not the people who'll be there in the middle of the night, I mean the emergency services will do that for you.

"And then the friends like like Rylan who are there when things go really well, who can you telephone that's going to sit alongside you and celebrate with unfettered joy. That's who your mates are, right?" Meanwhile, on the same podcast last month Rylan shared his adoration for Robert, saying that he was a 'true friend'. The pair currently star together in Rob and Rylan's Grand Tour on BBC exploring some of Italy's most iconic destinations in the first series of the show.

The pair took to Italy for their new show (Image: BBC/Rex TV/Zinc Media/Lana Salah) Read More Related Articles Molly-Mae Hague breaks silence for first time after Tommy Fury split with two-word response Read More Related Articles MAFS Australia star to front new Channel 4 dating show which uses AI to detect liars Robert also admitted that he could have gone down a different career route, after taking up acting in sixth form college. He said: "I thought first day, I'd have a go at acting, because I'd had an alright time at the National Youth Theatre. I'd done the summer course that you had to do and the next year I did .