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42 Hilarious Times People Thought They Met Celebrities

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There are two ways of approaching the fact that you look a lot like a celebrity. One is to ruthlessly break it to people that, unfortunately, they are mistaken, you aren't Tom Cruise or Jake Gyllenhaal, and that they shouldn't look for their phone so they could snap a pic with you. That's the disappointment approach. The other way of dealing with it is embracing your looks and just going along with the person that walks up to you with an enamored expression on their face and starts spilling compliments about your work. That's the one that's a little more fun.

The people listed below (some of them - actual celebrities) went for the latter and that way made the day of many people, who thought they met their heroes. Scroll down below to see whether you would be confused by these lookalikes as well!

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#1

Matt Or Mark?

Matt Or Mark?

Final score:

347points

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#2

The Flight Attendant Thought She Met Snoop Dogg During Her Flight

The Flight Attendant Thought She Met Snoop Dogg During Her Flight

Final score:

220points

#3

Here's Me Before A Hugh Laurie Concert, With Some Guy Who's Not Hugh Laurie

Here's Me Before A Hugh Laurie Concert, With Some Guy Who's Not Hugh Laurie

Final score:

219points

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#4

Morgan Freeman

Morgan Freeman

Final score:

180points

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#5

Someone Pretended To Be Tom Cruise In A Small Chicken Shop In North Eastern Thailand And Is Remembered There Forever

Someone Pretended To Be Tom Cruise In A Small Chicken Shop In North Eastern Thailand And Is Remembered There Forever

Final score:

164points

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#6

Wow, What Are The Odds Of Finding Robert Downy Jr. In A Small Texas Mall?

Wow, What Are The Odds Of Finding Robert Downy Jr. In A Small Texas Mall?

Final score:

162points

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#7

Hate To Break It To Ya Buddy

Hate To Break It To Ya Buddy

Final score:

145points

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#8

3 Years Ago, Happy Drunk, I Thought I Met Jake Gyllenhaal… I'm Now 90% Sure I Didn't

3 Years Ago, Happy Drunk, I Thought I Met Jake Gyllenhaal… I'm Now 90% Sure I Didn't

Final score:

126points

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#9

That Ain't Drake

That Ain't Drake

Final score:

117points

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#10

A Homeless Man Convinced Me He Was George RR Martin

A Homeless Man Convinced Me He Was George RR Martin

I figured it out like a week later when he was still there with his 'agent' and his trolley. i had to walk past him everyday for a couple weeks and i avoided eye contact with him because it was too embarrassing on my part.

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Final score:

93points

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#11

Peter Dinklage Bought Us Drinks!

Peter Dinklage Bought Us Drinks!

Final score:

88points

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#12

She Thought She Met Tyler The Creator

She Thought She Met Tyler The Creator

Final score:

81points

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#13

That's Not Him Sweetie

That's Not Him Sweetie

Final score:

79points

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#14

My Friend's Special Bachelorette Party Guest: Morgan Freeman

My Friend's Special Bachelorette Party Guest: Morgan Freeman

Final score:

76points

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#15

Been A Year Today Since She Thought She Met Ed Sheeran

Been A Year Today Since She Thought She Met Ed Sheeran

Final score:

74points

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#16

Went To My Local Pub. Two Cute Girls Insisted I Was Andy Samberg. Kept Taking Selfies With Me. Bartender Took This. Best Photo Of Me Ever

Went To My Local Pub. Two Cute Girls Insisted I Was Andy Samberg. Kept Taking Selfies With Me. Bartender Took This. Best Photo Of Me Ever

Final score:

69points

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#17

Just Chatting It Up With Rod Stewart Himself

Just Chatting It Up With Rod Stewart Himself

Final score:

62points

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#18

Ran Into Chris Pratt

Ran Into Chris Pratt

Final score:

61points

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#19

My Dad Thought He Met Will Smith At The World Cup

My Dad Thought He Met Will Smith At The World Cup

Final score:

60points

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#20

Johnny Depp Got A Free Hot Dog

Johnny Depp Got A Free Hot Dog

Final score:

57points

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#21

Friend Thought He Met Bono At Dreamforce In 2013

Friend Thought He Met Bono At Dreamforce In 2013

Final score:

51points

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#22

Not Me

Not Me

Final score:

50points

#23

Yikes, Bill Murray Isn't Looking Too Good

Yikes, Bill Murray Isn't Looking Too Good

Final score:

49points

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#24

Oprah Winfrey Was On A Flight

Oprah Winfrey Was On A Flight

Final score:

49points

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#25

Met Peter Dinklage In Vegas

Met Peter Dinklage In Vegas

Final score:

45points

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#26

I Spent An Hour Convincing My Friend (Kick Ass) That We Did Not Meet Johnny Depp

I Spent An Hour Convincing My Friend (Kick Ass) That We Did Not Meet Johnny Depp

Final score:

43points

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#27

Not Ryan Gosling. Actually Printed In A Magazine

Not Ryan Gosling. Actually Printed In A Magazine

Final score:

42points

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#28

It's Common... To Mistake Somebody For Somebody Else

It's Common... To Mistake Somebody For Somebody Else

Final score:

36points

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#29

Sometimes You Gotta Go Back... To Figure Out Who You Weren't Really Drinking With

Sometimes You Gotta Go Back... To Figure Out Who You Weren't Really Drinking With

Final score:

36points

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#30

Meeting Rihanna

Meeting Rihanna

Final score:

35points

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#31

That Ain't Me Bro

That Ain't Me Bro

Final score:

35points

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#32

A Friend Of Mine Thought She Had Met Zach Galifianakis

A Friend Of Mine Thought She Had Met Zach Galifianakis

Final score:

34points

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#33

Life Complete

Life Complete

Final score:

33points

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#34

Girl From My Facebook Feed Swore She Met Macklemore

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Final score:

30points

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#35

Former President Bush

Former President Bush

Final score:

30points

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#36

That's Not Niall Horan

That's Not Niall Horan

Final score:

26points

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#37

Um... That's... Not Me

Um... That's... Not Me

Final score:

24points

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#38

She Met Maklemore. I'm Not Going To Be The One To Tell Her

She Met Maklemore. I'm Not Going To Be The One To Tell Her

Final score:

23points

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#39

Just Met Zach Galifianakis

Just Met Zach Galifianakis

Final score:

19points

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#40

Drake - Or Not Lol

Drake - Or Not Lol

Final score:

14points

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#41

Breaking Bad's Hank

Breaking Bad's Hank

Final score:

12points

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#42

That Time I Thought I Met Lenny Kravitz At Coachella...

That Time I Thought I Met Lenny Kravitz At Coachella...

Final score:

10points

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What do you think ?

Ed Mo 6 years ago

If someone mistook me for a celebrity I'd play along for shits & giggles. Not sure who I could be mistaken for though, Shrek maybe.

10points

Sky 6 years ago

Was I the only one who had to google half of these people so I could get it?

8points

Echo 6 years ago

No it means you have a life. Hehe. Or have no life and no interest in tv or music. I didn't know the people's names, but I was able to guess they were teen idols, rap artist or in the NBA players case, A basketball star. That man was TALL!

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audrey cooper 6 years ago

The Mark Wahlberg one made ME embarrassed

8points

Pamela 6 years ago

I'm the opposite. I live in Los Angeles and used to work at a popular beauty store in the mall that celebs would frequent. The amount of times I would help a celebrity with out knowing it, just to have a coworker tell me who they were after, was alarmingly high lol

7points

Nadine Ducca 6 years ago

This would totally be me! I'm so bad with faces and I don't really give a damn if someone's famous or not, that I'd be helping people out without a second glance.

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Chess Wizard 6 years ago

That was probably a relief to some celebrities not to be noticed. I know if I had people recognizing me all day long, and wanting pictures, autographs and the like, I would be happy to go unnoticed at times.

1point

Here to Troll 6 years ago

...k

0points

diane a 6 years ago

Seems like sometimes these mistaken identity "celebrities" are nicer to people than perhaps the real ones might be. I remember in pre-selfie days, meeting a very famous footballer of the time in a local bar when he tapped me on the shoulder to borrow a pen to give an autograph to a fan. I asked if i could have one myself and he said "no". Never even got my pen back.

7points

TC 6 years ago

Who was it...?

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TC 6 years ago

Even I'm red in the face...

4points

Echo 6 years ago

It's pretty funny the running theme in most of the pictures is, "i was drunk and ran in to a celeb." Lol

2points

Magpie 6 years ago

Seeing the world through the drunken glasses.

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Roxy Eastland 6 years ago

Do you think it ever happens that two people both think the other one is someone famous, and happily take selfies together? That would be funny.

2points

Meeow 6 years ago

hahahaha!!! Hilarious!

2points

The Dreaded Geek 6 years ago

I would assume most of them are just funny posts for their social media profiles if a similiar thing didn't happen to me 3 years ago. Walking down the street I ran into some (sober) guy in his fifties who mistook me for some semi-famous local singer. And the more I was trying to explain to him I'm not that guy, the more he was like "Oh, of course you are. I watched you perform on TV a few days ago.". Certain

2points

The Dreaded Geek 6 years ago

We didn't take a selfie, but it certainly made my day (damn, fix this BP app).

1point

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Bobosteke 6 years ago

Ah jes kent deal with most of this people's sight. It's like a part of their brains shuts down or something...

1point

Belle Clark 6 years ago

The funny thing is that the people who arent the celebs agree to take the photo anyways lol

1point

Hayley Benoit 3 years ago

These people mistake them for celebrities'. Mean while I would make the mistake of not even knowing my favorite celebrity. I just walk on by even if it's the real person lol.

0points

Kristyna 6 years ago

People are stupid, unbelievable!!!!

0points

Lyone Fein 6 years ago

These folks must be toasted.

0points

gabiru 6 years ago

I don't know who half these celebrities are!

0points

DE Ray 6 years ago

A few times I've met people who thought they were celebrities. The whole "Don't you know who I am" bit - they don't like it when you give them a dead-eye 'nope'.

0points

Narek Margaryan 6 years ago

Member of Parliament thought he met Russel Crowe, it was Gerard Butler though 10533535_1...6c64a4.jpg

0points

varwenea 6 years ago

How drunk are some of these folks when they mistaken the celebrity?

0points

CS Vulcan 6 years ago

Reminds me of the time someone pretending to be Leo DiCaprio followed me on Twitter. I was seriously excited until I got a DM that said "hey, beautiful" and I realized what was up. Like they say...when it seems too good to be true...

0points

Lola Run 6 years ago

Fake

-1point

Ed Mo 6 years ago

If someone mistook me for a celebrity I'd play along for shits & giggles. Not sure who I could be mistaken for though, Shrek maybe.

10points

Sky 6 years ago

Was I the only one who had to google half of these people so I could get it?

8points

Echo 6 years ago

No it means you have a life. Hehe. Or have no life and no interest in tv or music. I didn't know the people's names, but I was able to guess they were teen idols, rap artist or in the NBA players case, A basketball star. That man was TALL!

3points

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audrey cooper 6 years ago

The Mark Wahlberg one made ME embarrassed

8points

Pamela 6 years ago

I'm the opposite. I live in Los Angeles and used to work at a popular beauty store in the mall that celebs would frequent. The amount of times I would help a celebrity with out knowing it, just to have a coworker tell me who they were after, was alarmingly high lol

7points

Nadine Ducca 6 years ago

This would totally be me! I'm so bad with faces and I don't really give a damn if someone's famous or not, that I'd be helping people out without a second glance.

3points

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Chess Wizard 6 years ago

That was probably a relief to some celebrities not to be noticed. I know if I had people recognizing me all day long, and wanting pictures, autographs and the like, I would be happy to go unnoticed at times.

1point

Here to Troll 6 years ago

...k

0points

diane a 6 years ago

Seems like sometimes these mistaken identity "celebrities" are nicer to people than perhaps the real ones might be. I remember in pre-selfie days, meeting a very famous footballer of the time in a local bar when he tapped me on the shoulder to borrow a pen to give an autograph to a fan. I asked if i could have one myself and he said "no". Never even got my pen back.

7points

TC 6 years ago

Who was it...?

1point

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TC 6 years ago

Even I'm red in the face...

4points

Echo 6 years ago

It's pretty funny the running theme in most of the pictures is, "i was drunk and ran in to a celeb." Lol

2points

Magpie 6 years ago

Seeing the world through the drunken glasses.

0points

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Roxy Eastland 6 years ago

Do you think it ever happens that two people both think the other one is someone famous, and happily take selfies together? That would be funny.

2points

Meeow 6 years ago

hahahaha!!! Hilarious!

2points

The Dreaded Geek 6 years ago

I would assume most of them are just funny posts for their social media profiles if a similiar thing didn't happen to me 3 years ago. Walking down the street I ran into some (sober) guy in his fifties who mistook me for some semi-famous local singer. And the more I was trying to explain to him I'm not that guy, the more he was like "Oh, of course you are. I watched you perform on TV a few days ago.". Certain

2points

The Dreaded Geek 6 years ago

We didn't take a selfie, but it certainly made my day (damn, fix this BP app).

1point

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Bobosteke 6 years ago

Ah jes kent deal with most of this people's sight. It's like a part of their brains shuts down or something...

1point

Belle Clark 6 years ago

The funny thing is that the people who arent the celebs agree to take the photo anyways lol

1point

Hayley Benoit 3 years ago

These people mistake them for celebrities'. Mean while I would make the mistake of not even knowing my favorite celebrity. I just walk on by even if it's the real person lol.

0points

Kristyna 6 years ago

People are stupid, unbelievable!!!!

0points

Lyone Fein 6 years ago

These folks must be toasted.

0points

gabiru 6 years ago

I don't know who half these celebrities are!

0points

DE Ray 6 years ago

A few times I've met people who thought they were celebrities. The whole "Don't you know who I am" bit - they don't like it when you give them a dead-eye 'nope'.

0points

Narek Margaryan 6 years ago

Member of Parliament thought he met Russel Crowe, it was Gerard Butler though 10533535_1...6c64a4.jpg

0points

varwenea 6 years ago

How drunk are some of these folks when they mistaken the celebrity?

0points

CS Vulcan 6 years ago

Reminds me of the time someone pretending to be Leo DiCaprio followed me on Twitter. I was seriously excited until I got a DM that said "hey, beautiful" and I realized what was up. Like they say...when it seems too good to be true...

0points

Lola Run 6 years ago

Fake

-1point

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