Video: White guy mistaken for Michael Phelps
If you’re a non-Asian foreigner living in Japan, chances are you’ve been compared to a foreign celebrity at least once, and that celebrity probably looks nothing like you.
But have any of you experienced something like this:
[Via Brian in Jeollanam-do]
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They just don’t stop believin’ and welcome him with open arms. I guess they think they can have it anyway they want it.
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Hilarious video, but admittedly there is some resemblance.
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Well, he did carry a life-sized doll of Phelps with him.
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He is very corajous in making this
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Yeah Steve, of course, since you don’t speak Chinese and you are walking around saying the equivalent of “blah blah blah Michael Phelps blah blah”. And carrying a life-sized photo cutout. And with a BBC camera crew in tow. What a maroon.
Is this really news?
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haha..too funny
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haha…that’s funny. I buzzed my head one time and everyone said I looked like Brad Pitt…it was pretty awesome. I got “david beckham” one time a few years back when my hair was dyed blonde haha…oh, it never got old!
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had me curious. if you do indeed have any semblance to brad pitt or beckham, then you are one lucky guy.
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If you were born in the states, no…not really at all. Just a buzzed head, stubble, and straight teeth haha
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that is really hilarious. had me laughing the whole time i was watching it. what a great sport, steve is.
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That’s in China, right?
How can we tell?
The building in the background (what’s it called?)
OR
The way that the people are rude and pushy-
and this is when they’re being nice!
Just feel the need to get another dig at China.
Let’s see what happens.
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I was gonna say the same thing. Definitely China and not Japan but still funny as hell.
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Steve: “My name is Steve Perry from Great Britain”
Crowd: “Oooooooohhhhhhhh!”
Hahahahahaha.
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@1:01
Dude: My name is Steve Parry (Barry?) from great Britain. Steve Parry from Great Britain?
Crowd of curious onlookers: Ohhhhhhhhh…..
Dude: You don’t care do you, I’m not Phelps!
Maybe he should speak louder (or in Chinese). Haha. Who’s the person carrying the cut-out with the faux Gold medals anyway? Anyway, pretty funny.
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Maybe, just *maybe* it has something to do with the fact that he is talking to a camera? That would get you attention anywhere.
And also, Asian people very frequently assume that if you are white, you are from the US.
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In 2005 I was in Tienimen Square (too lazy to spell check, close enough) and I had Chinese people taking pictures with me. I recall how not one of them ask first. You should of seen this African American with dreads at the Great Wall – they treated her like a circus freak.
Anyway, this guy in the video was speaking with a British accent and while most Chinese can’t speak English (as much as Americans can’t speak Spanish), you would like they would understand “…not Michael Phelps.”
If I was Steve Barry, I would shag the Chinese beach volleyball girls in those red bikinis dancing on the side-lines.
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He’s a BBC sports commentator.
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The BBC has been using that cut out as a “Phelps-O-Meter” to track his haul of Gold Medals – adding a medal to the cut out everytime he won one (as they guessed he’d never come to the BBC studio). THe idea had been for Parry (who’s a swimming commentator for the Beeb) to do a Vox Pops feature asking people on the streets what they thought of Phelps and using the cut out as a prop. I guess all white people look the same.
Incidently the fact that Parry got mistaken for Phelps was covered by NBCs morning show wear Parry was given a Team USA hat/sweatshirt to improve the likeness.
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He kinda does look like him^.^; he’s got the ears that stick out,and his nose.
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