Find Fake Celebrities on the ‘Not Really Famous’ Subreddit
My wife and I have a game we play on the streets of New York. I notice a celebrity, and she tells me that it is absolutely not them. If it were not for her, I would have hit on the r / notreallyfamous , sabreddit to erroneous observations of celebrities.
These posts are cute because of the enthusiasm of the people – they think or pretend they actually met a celebrity despite all the evidence against it. (A good post is actually not a very famous post – it’s not just “Hey, this regular person looks like this celebrity!” To do this, go to the more popular Walmart Celebrities subreddit .)
Here we have collected our favorites. We cannot copy pictures because they are not ours, but if you open thirty new tabs, you will be rewarded.
There are several types of fake celebrity meetings. Sometimes people fall into the trap of the imitator:
- “A friend claims to have dated Johnny Depp, but refuses to admit he’s wrong when another friend proves he’s an impersonator and a radio show morning joke.”
- “The moment you take your child to a meeting with Guy Fiery”
- “It makes sense for Zach Galifianakis to wear a shirt from his own movie, right?”
- Dwight Howard
- “Spielberg is a big fan of sushi”
- “During the filming of Anchorman 2 in Atlanta, this bar was overcrowded with rumors of Will Ferrell appearing.”
Sometimes they meet with an unassuming stranger:
- “Some dude just came up to my dad and asked if he was George Lucas.”
- “Peter Dinklage bought us drinks !!”
- “My dad tagged me and my sister on Facebook in this, his friend sent him this from Hawaii. He thought he met Kristen Stewart. “
- “My boyfriend gets stopped all the time because people think he’s Spike Lee …”
- Johnny Derp
- “Marilyn Manson”
- “My friend met Chuck Norris in Switzerland!”
- “Just chatting with Rod Stewart himself!”
- “/ U / sorentius meets Jake Gyllenhaal”
- “/ U / jj_rooterteet meets Chris Pratt”
- “It’s not Iron Man, buddy …”
- “Me and Criss Angel. He keeps repeating that his name is Dave, but I know it was you Criss.
Sometimes misidentification is very formal:
Sometimes there are three:
Sometimes I am convinced that it really was a celebrity:
Sometimes this is really really a celebrity:
Some don’t make any sense:
- “My friends thought they had met Bill Murray.”
- “Oh, Bill Murray doesn’t look good.”
- “I can’t believe he met Reese Witherspoon!”
- “President Obama!”
- “Buddy was thrilled to meet Vin Diesel.”
Yes, some of these fake sightings were probably a joke in the first place. But don’t tell me. I can’t stand two disappointments in a row.
For more information on doppelgangers without the “mistaken for celebrity” requirement, see R / WalmartCelebrities . For people who look like signs they stand next to, see R / PSUSTRT . For fake products, try r / crappyoffbrands . For the post that inspired r / notreallyfamous in 2014, see This is Gyllenhaal’s fake observation .
What I really need is a celebrity who pretends to be a normal person, pretends to be a celebrity – like when Brian Cranston wore a mask of himself at Comic-Con or when Julia Roberts played Julia Roberts lookalike posing as Julia Roberts .