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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.
Hilarious video, but admittedly there is some resemblance.
Well, he did carry a life-sized doll of Phelps with him.
He is very corajous in making this
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?
haha..too funny
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!
had me curious. if you do indeed have any semblance to brad pitt or beckham, then you are one lucky guy.
If you were born in the states, no…not really at all. Just a buzzed head, stubble, and straight teeth haha
that is really hilarious. had me laughing the whole time i was watching it. what a great sport, steve is.
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.
I was gonna say the same thing. Definitely China and not Japan but still funny as hell.
Steve: “My name is Steve Perry from Great Britain”
Crowd: “Oooooooohhhhhhhh!”
Hahahahahaha.
@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.
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.
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.
He’s a BBC sports commentator.
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.
He kinda does look like him^.^; he’s got the ears that stick out,and his nose.