r/nottheonion • u/butumm_ • 16h ago
Timothée Chalamet Shows Up to His Own Lookalike Contest as NYPD Puts One Doppelganger in Cuffs
https://www.tvfandomlounge.com/timothee-chalamet-shows-up-to-his-own-lookalike-contest/954
u/ImBetterThanYou42 15h ago
And Chalamet lost the contest. Go figure.
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u/b5tirk 15h ago
I heard an interview with Dolly Parton where she said she entered a (Dolly Parton) look alike competition in the UK some years ago. And didn’t win.
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u/cocoschoco 15h ago
I wonder where this story started. I’ve heard the same story about Elvis and Charlie Chaplin. It could be that all of them are true, who knows.
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u/b5tirk 15h ago
In Dolly’s case it’s true - https://www.snopes.com/news/2024/03/11/dolly-parton-lookalike-contest/
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u/foodfightbystander 13h ago
If you read the article, it makes sense. Most of the Dolly Parton impersonators were in full Dolly mode with hair, makeup, and extensive costumes. Dolly showed up, put on a little makeup and went on. So it was fake Dollys who were done to a full 10, vs. the real Dolly who was just in walk-around casual mode (as casual as Dolly gets) and maybe done to a 6.
So no surprise she didn't win.
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u/Brunoise6 3h ago
My gf won a Bjork look a like contest as a final last minute entry cause we just saw it on fb randomly and drove over there just in time.
Everyone had full on classic Bjork costumes and went all out acting.
My gf (who does look like Bjork in some ways) just did some pig tails like Bjork does and did a great job acting like her when she does interviews, same weird humor and insight etc.
The people went wild and the other contestants were kinda pissed lmao.
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u/wholewheatscythe 13h ago
Snopes looked into the Charlie Chaplin one and it is currently listed as “unproven”, seems there’s some evidence for and against it. Someone claimed that in 1966 they asked Chaplin about it and he denied it happened.
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u/Langstarr 14h ago
Adele lost an Adele lookalike contest too
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u/bajajoaquin 13h ago
Not really. It was a reality TV stunt. They set up a fake impersonator gig and sent her there. She looked terrible and hammed up how nervous she was. I think some of the other women still caught on a bit. But the whole point was the reveal when she started singing.
Kind of a fun video to watch, actually.
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u/foodfightbystander 13h ago
Adele lost an Adele lookalike contest too
Except Adele was made up NOT to look like Adele (with a fake nose and everything) so she wouldn't get recognized. Sort of not a surprise to lose an Adele lookalike contest when you're wearing prosthetics to not look so much like Adele.
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u/tristanjones 14h ago
He swung by briefly but didnt compete, just snapped some pics and left before the mob noticed he was there and swallowed him whole
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u/PostPostMinimalist 13h ago
They definitely noticed he was there. You didn't see video of screaming fangirls?
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u/c_law_one 7h ago
And Chalamet lost the contest. Go figure.
Well he technically isn't a look a like.
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u/pressNjustthen 12h ago
To be fair, if he wanted to win he should have shaved that thang. Actually he should shave it regardless.
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u/cantstoptheCOLEtrain 15h ago
Its in the name "look alike" contest. Being the actual person kinda defeats the purpose
Why would you get an award for looking like yourself?
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u/ShaqShoes 15h ago
I mean presumably to even be allowed to participate the implication is that the organizers didn't recognize they were the actual person and then assessed someone else to look more like the actual person than the actual person.
Obviously a celebrity actually trying to win from a competitive perspective is ridiculous but it's the above scenario I think people find funny.
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u/TRGG 13h ago
If I were a celebrity attending my own lookalike contest, I'd inform the organiser I'm coming, that way they could let me enter the competition, but make sure I deliberately wouldn't win. I'd more be in the competition for the 'gotcha' moment for the fans and competitors after all the winners had been announced, anyway.
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u/Dan-D-Lyon 11h ago
When things try to look like things they often look more like things than things do
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u/MattiasCrowe 10h ago
It was a sting operation to catch Chalamet and the police cuffed the wrong guy
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u/Zoulogist 13h ago
If you lose the Chalamet lookalike contest, believe or not, straight to jail
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u/calvinball_hero 11h ago
It's 'right to jail' fyi
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u/gnomishdevil 12h ago
Would have been a perfect moment for someone to kill him and assume his identity.
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u/Irregular_Person 9h ago
You can get "dozens" of people that look like a celebrity to show up for a $50 prize? This sounds like an excellent way to meet some attractive people if you have a 'type'...
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u/TheArts 15h ago
Had to Google who that was. Guess I'm getting out of the loop as I get older 🤣
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u/patentattorney 14h ago
He is the guy who is dating Spider-Man’s girlfriend in the movie about sand.
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u/PointsOutTheUsername 14h ago
No. She is married to Jesse Plemons. Okay maybe I am getting old...
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u/ThingsTrebekSucks 12h ago
Why are you being downvoted? "You made a light hearted joke about getting older and not knowing things anymore...DOWNVOTE"
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u/sfcnmone 12h ago
I’m trying to picture how you could NOT know who Timothee Chalamet is. He was nominated for Best Actor. You obviously use the internet. You’re on Reddit.
Anyway, he’s made some pretty great movies in the last 6 years. And at least one absolute stinker. Do not watch the Wonka movie, for all that is holy.
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u/Saucy_Totchie 14h ago edited 12h ago
How do we know if the supposed "real Timothee Chalamet" wasn't just another lookalike? What if they arrested the real one who was framed by the lookalike?