Psy Calls Out Fake Psy For Crashing Cannes

[mjspice.livejournal.com]

Some artists would go ballistic if they found out some joker was impersonating them on the red carpet at a major media event. Not Psy,though.

seems like there's another ME at cannes...say Hi to him @scooterbraun lol#PSYinSINGAPORE

— PSY (@psy_oppa) May 22, 2013

He later uploaded a photo of the phony, who was spotted by manager Scooter Braun, and, well, you could see why some people might have been fooled.

The fake Psy, who wore the rapper's signature round glasses and ill-fitting suit, has been living it up around Cannes for several days as celebrities and journalists hit the town for the annual film festival. According to theAtlantic Wire, the as-yet-unidentified imposter went to parties, posed with celebrities and appeared in a video for French radio station Radio Prestige where he showed the host how to do the "Gangnam Style" dance.

Among those who got duped into posing with the pretender were actress Naomi Harris ("Skyfall"), actor Adrien Brody and Portland Trailblazers player Nicolas Batum. He also reportedly made his way into parties at the Carlton hotel, the VIP Room and Martinez beach, as well as attending a secret bash thrown by millionaire oil baron and fashion designer Goga Ashkenazi at Le Baron, where he grabbed a mike behind the DJ booth at the soiree attended by Karolina Kurkova and Rosario Dawson.

A spokesperson for Psy's management could not be reached for comment on the incident.

The Wire also reported that he was "scamming" for free drinks at a beach club and had his "manager" score him an appearance at Monaco's Better World Awards. According to the New York Post, the unnamed faker went so far as to hire three security guards with earpieces to accompany him. The charade reportedly went on for two days before the real Psy called his doppelganger out.

Sources: MTV.com & PSY's Twitter

Lol Omg, he doesn't even look like PSY.

Comments

[shanny-w.livejournal.com]

I want to see the pics of "psy" with celebs.

[fairchilds.livejournal.com]

there are. i saw them on Vogue's website... they were fooled too. i was so confused for a moment because I thought he was in Singapore lol

[dalpaengee.livejournal.com]

lol it's hilarious in general but also because it shows how ignorant westerners can be "all asians look alike" and all that

[mjspice.livejournal.com]

Exactly. :/

[nortonamo.livejournal.com]

Not Psy


Not Psy








cr http://www.theatlanticwire.com/entertainment/2013/05/fake-psy-cannes/65532/


If I looked like PSY I'd be doin the same thing, hey

[deeinanutshell.livejournal.com]

psie. i'm dying

hahahah

[deeinanutshell.livejournal.com]

omg

[gathyou.livejournal.com]

I guess no one wanted to recognize him. You know, nice outfit and a lot of charisma... There are many celebrities in Cannes, why not Psy ? And since he's well-known, I guess people wanted to believe it was him.
I don't think French and celebrities have seen so many pictures from Psy, apart from the clip, and yes it is difficult to see all the details between too persons when you're not used to. Like some Asian friend that told me everyone looked the same in France. :)

[yukahoo.livejournal.com]

He really looks nothing like PSY...

[uledy.livejournal.com]

signature... ill-fitting suit

Do I know nothing about suits, because I feel like PSY's suits always fit...

[supplanter.livejournal.com]

Dress classy, dance whatever, right?

[shonen-key.livejournal.com]

lol i feel like Westerners [any non-Asian tbh] in general have difficulty telling Asian apart.

[akaich0u.livejournal.com]

Pretty much. I will also guarantee you that Asians have difficulty telling each other apart from time to time too.

[unicornios.livejournal.com]

but they look nothing alike omfg lol

[asnindie.livejournal.com]

He looks nothing like PSY lol

[nortonamo.livejournal.com]

If, for example, you've only seen Gangnam Style once and only seen/heard of PSY a handful of other times then you could have easily mistaken the two. I'm guessing those that were duped by this phony only briefly know PSY, so idk their blunder is very understandable.

[uledy.livejournal.com]

That's what I was thinking, tbh. Of course we know what PSY looks like, but if I saw idk, The Wanted or One Direction on the street I wouldn't be able to tell them apart from one another or impostures.

[erbalurbal.livejournal.com]

There is also the possibility that they weren't sure so they just kept quiet. It would be awkward to accuse him of not being himself lol.

[45s.livejournal.com]

Lol I legit think he did this on purpose for some upcoming public punking

[obeytheempress.livejournal.com]

Well his shades always hide a lot of his face so tbh it's kind of an understandable blunder to make. I can tell that dude isn't Psy just by looking at the lower half of his face, but other people might not be able to.

[bumie.livejournal.com]

he doesn't even look like psy , lol

[bunica1990.livejournal.com]

Lmao this post is beautiful and it's giving me life.

Lol @ people falling for it.

[swhyeon1991.livejournal.com]

"Another Me."

[bunica1990.livejournal.com]

lmao

[asth77.livejournal.com]

really don't get the "white ppl are..." part when you see a black woman in the pics lmao.

[khuntflap.livejournal.com]

Welcome to Omona/ONTD.

[gathyou.livejournal.com]

Hahaha the guy had the time of his life... What a good idea xD But that's sad so many people mistake him, since he doesn't really look like Psy. OMG. that's so funny haha.
Cannes is pretty ridiculous anyway (as much as awesome don't get me wrong) so that's not so surprising.

[hongaerin.livejournal.com]

If I was in Cannes I would take pictures with EVERYONE there, just in case one of them might be famous or might become a celebrity some day ahah

[toshi830.livejournal.com]

idk the look aside from his facial features are kinda wrong

[benihime99.livejournal.com]

To be fair poeple still don't know PSY (which is a shame), they know his songs but not him
They know an asian guy wearing a suit and dancing, he fits the profile

[fantaesticbaby.livejournal.com]

lmaoooo

[engraved-16.livejournal.com]

LOL your icon <3

[engraved-16.livejournal.com]

haha this is so embarrassing. omg why would someone do this? xD

[benihime99.livejournal.com]

Well, he got in some of the hottest spot in Cannes and get some picture with actual celebs so win win for him

[monster-mutt.livejournal.com]

If all you'd seen was one picture, you'd be fooled. Be honest.

This is funny to me, though, because there is a Kansas City guy who looks like Guy Fieri. He even bleaches his hair and spikes it up. He encourages the confusion, and will sign autographs and pose for photos. I was at a Kansas City Royals game once and he was there, and they kept putting him on the Jumbotron saying "Food Network Star Guy Fieri." LOL

[smilez4you.livejournal.com]

loool that's hilarious