Hello Friday: Your Celebrity Doppelganger
So the weirdest thing has happened. Not one, but BOTH of the celebrities I kind of look alike are in a commercial together. Apparently, Target has decided to go a little deeper and charitable for Black History Month.
They cast both India.Arie, who I often got compared to back when I had dreads and Thelma Golden, a renowned art world figure and fellow Smith-alum who I literally was mistaken for by a couple of other black people — including my future best friend — when she visited Smith back when I had a short natural exactly like hers. Also, my father called into the room to see this “lil’ art woman that looks exactly like you, Ness” when she was on Charlie Rose.
But what are the chances of BOTH of your celebrity doppelgangers showing up in the same commercial. Crazy, right???
That got me to thinking about you guys. Do any of you guys have celebrity doppelgangers? And if so, have you ever met them?
When I was young people told me I looked like Keifer Sutherland.
When I was young people told me I looked like Keifer Sutherland.
Alanis Morrissette and Sarah Silverman… it's the long brown hair and giant teeth….
I was in the green room for a Jimmy Kimmel Live Taping… when Jimmy and Sarah were together, so she was at the show and Alanis was a guest… it was weird. People were doing double takes… I went to the bathroom and a group of girls followed me saying, "there she is," I still don't know which one they were talking about. I didn't get to 'meet' either of them that day. Another time Sarah was doing a show with a friend of mine and I was there and we were introduced and told we could be sisters…
Alanis Morrissette and Sarah Silverman… it's the long brown hair and giant teeth….
I was in the green room for a Jimmy Kimmel Live Taping… when Jimmy and Sarah were together, so she was at the show and Alanis was a guest… it was weird. People were doing double takes… I went to the bathroom and a group of girls followed me saying, "there she is," I still don't know which one they were talking about. I didn't get to 'meet' either of them that day. Another time Sarah was doing a show with a friend of mine and I was there and we were introduced and told we could be sisters…
I always get Bruce Willis. Not sure why. Maybe because I kick ass and take down terrorists.
(Or it could be because we're both bald white guys. Hmmmm.)
I always get Bruce Willis. Not sure why. Maybe because I kick ass and take down terrorists.
(Or it could be because we're both bald white guys. Hmmmm.)
ETC-you totally look like the baby of the 2 of them!!!
I used to get everyone from Toni Tenille (of The Capain And) as well as young Liza Minelli, and young Carol Burnett…yeah, thankfully the young versions of all of them…More recently when I had my regular hair I got Tina Fey. Hmm..I should really stop bleaching my head…
ETC-you totally look like the baby of the 2 of them!!!
I used to get everyone from Toni Tenille (of The Capain And) as well as young Liza Minelli, and young Carol Burnett…yeah, thankfully the young versions of all of them…More recently when I had my regular hair I got Tina Fey. Hmm..I should really stop bleaching my head…
I do, but it's someone quite distinctive so I can't say who. A child actor from the 80s who is close to my age, so it's feasible that she could have grown up to look like me even though we look less alike now than then. There are a few pictures of me as a kid where you'd swear it was her. I see the resemblance, but it's not like I ever saw her on TV back then and thought "hey it's me!"
I have never met her, but in addition to the frequent "has anyone ever told you that you look like…" I have been genuinely mistaken for her a couple of times. Once in a club in Hollywood, a drunk guy kept following me and trying to get me to admit that I was only pretending not to be her. "C'mon, it's really you, right? You can tell me, I won't tell anyone. Are you SURE you're not …?" Yeah, I'm pretty sure of my own identity, drunk guy, now please stop following me.
As time has gone on and she has evaporated from people's awareness, it has come up less and less. Through my teen years and past college it was almost daily when I'd encounter new people, but now less than once a year. I used to find it annoying, but now I kind of miss it.
I do, but it's someone quite distinctive so I can't say who. A child actor from the 80s who is close to my age, so it's feasible that she could have grown up to look like me even though we look less alike now than then. There are a few pictures of me as a kid where you'd swear it was her. I see the resemblance, but it's not like I ever saw her on TV back then and thought "hey it's me!"
I have never met her, but in addition to the frequent "has anyone ever told you that you look like…" I have been genuinely mistaken for her a couple of times. Once in a club in Hollywood, a drunk guy kept following me and trying to get me to admit that I was only pretending not to be her. "C'mon, it's really you, right? You can tell me, I won't tell anyone. Are you SURE you're not …?" Yeah, I'm pretty sure of my own identity, drunk guy, now please stop following me.
As time has gone on and she has evaporated from people's awareness, it has come up less and less. Through my teen years and past college it was almost daily when I'd encounter new people, but now less than once a year. I used to find it annoying, but now I kind of miss it.
That picture of Thelma Golden looks so much like you in college that it still freaks me out!
That picture of Thelma Golden looks so much like you in college that it still freaks me out!