A Dubai photographer sparked a media frenzy over the weekend when he mistakenly referred to George Clooney’s girlfriend as his fiancee.

The unnamed snapper got his facts mixed up when he called George’s girlfriend Sarah Larson his fiancee on pics taken for the world's leading picture agencies at the Dubai International Film Festival.

George attended festival along with the former U.S. reality TV star.

Things got out of hand when gossips jumped on the news, with some even suggesting the couple had wed in the Middle East.

George’s publicist has since branded the engagement story "a mistake".