text: Channel Ten show The Project has apologised after mistakenly using footage of the wrong African-American comic when promoting upcoming guest on the show, Saturday Night Live star Michael Che. ‘Tomorrow, we’ll chat to the star of the Daily Show and Saturday Night Live, Michael Che,’ the promo promised – although, in a cringeworthy gaffe, two of the three clips shown were of Che’s castmate, Jay Pharoah. Che and Pharoah are both in Australia to perform a string of shows at Melbourne’s International Comedy Festival. Waleed Aly apologised for the embarrassing mistake, admitting 'we stuffed up' later on during the program after the mistake was flagged by gobsmacked Twitter users. Scroll down for video . The Project were promoting their upcoming interview with US comedian Michael Che (left) when they accidentally used two clips of another comic Jay Pharoah (right) Presenter Waleed Aly apologised for the embarrassing blunder after viewers pointed it out on Twitter . Us comic Jay Pharoah caught wind of his unexpected feature on the Channel Ten program, retweeting a video from a fan to more than 144,000 followers . Aly admitted to the mistake to the audience, pointing out that the footage they’d used earlier was of two different people. ‘We stuffed that up, viewer Prue Knox was quick and tweeted us within minutes, so thank you Prue,’ Aly said. ‘Yes, so that happened,’ he continued, clearly embarrassed. ‘That’s certaintly something to talk to Michael about tomorrow,’ Georgie Coghlan laughed. ‘Maybe we can just get him to sit in this seat and see if anyone notices,’ Aly said pointedly. Pharoah saw the funny side of the incident and shared viewers’ tweets about the blunder on his own account. ‘The Project just played a a few clips for upcoming guest Michael Che and 2 of the clips were of Jay Pharoah #AWKWARD,’ tweeted Prue Knox. ‘Hey The Project, you do know that Michael Che and Jay Pharoah are two different people yeah? #ouch,’ Susan Bong tweeted, accompanied with a video of the gaffe. Presenter Waleed Aly apologised for the mix-up, which was ironic as he was the subject of a strikingly similar mix-up earlier this year . The Age incorrectly printed a photo of 'Legally Brown' comedy star Nazeem Hussain, who's of Sri Lankan decent, in its entertainment column with the caption: 'Waleed Aly joins The Project' Ironically Waleed Aly, the presenter who apologised for the error, was the subject of a strikingly similar mix-up earlier this year. The Age incorrectly printed a photo of 'Legally Brown' comedy star Nazeem Hussain in its entertainment column in January with the caption: 'Waleed Aly joins The Project'. The awkward mistake was spotted by Hussain, a stand-up comedian of Sri Lankan descent, who lightheartedly tweeted on Thursday morning: 'Well, we are kinda the same person...' The error sparked a widespread response, with social media users posting comments such as: ‘Oh, so brown people all look alike?', 'Un-freaking-believable' and 'demonstrates why tv needs more non-white face'. Waleed Aly apologised for the embarrassing ‘stuff up’ later on during the program after the mistake was flagged by gobsmacked Twitter users . Waleed Aly apologised for the embarrassing ‘stuff up’ later on during the program after the mistake was flagged by gobsmacked Twitter users . To add insult to injury, Aly contributed to the paper fortnightly at the time of the mix-up. Waleed Aly apologised for the embarrassing ‘stuff up’ later on during the program after the mistake was flagged by gobsmacked Twitter users. ‘Um The Project feat. Waleed Aly just Waleed Aly-d Michael Che and Jay Pharoah - AKA confused one brown man for another,’ tweeted Brodie Lancaster. Comedian Nazeem Hussain (left) and reporter Waleed Aly (right) were mistaken for each other by The Age .
target: The Project accidentally mistook one African-American comic for another .
  They used footage of Jay Pharoah when promoting  Michael Che interview .
  Viewers of Twitter were quick to point out the embarrassing mix-up .
  Presenter Waleed Aly apologised for the mistake later in the program .
  Ironically, Aly was the subject of a strikingly similar mix-up this year .