Have you ever been mistaken for someone else? Someone famous?
By buldwgz
@buldwgz (1489)
United States
April 25, 2007 8:51am CST
Several years ago I was walking through a local mall shopping with my 4 year old daughter. I began to notice two older women, probably in their 70s, kept showing up in the same stores I was going into. I began to notice them staring and pointing at me. Finally, one of them came up to me and asked me for my autograph. I asked her who she thought I was. She said she knew I was Garth Brooks. I laughed and told her I wasn't. They both insisted I was as a he was in town that night for a concert and they were going to be there. They kept asking me for my autograph and a few other people began to come to where we were out of curiosity. My daughter was getting a little scared. Finally, so I could get away with my daughter safely, I told them I would autograph something for them. They each took out a small book they carried, for just such occasions they said, and I signed: "Garth Brooks" in their books. They smiled, giggled like children, and left happy, never reading what I signed. I turned to leave and there were several other pens and papers were staring back at me. I quickly signed them and left. I know that somewhere there are about 40 people who think they met Garth Brooks in a shopping mall in Virginia with his daughter...LOL
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@genie4670 (46)
• United States
28 Apr 07
I have never been told I look like someone famous. I have to admit I'm glad I haven't, it sounds like you had quite an interesting day with your daughter. My question is did you actually sign it as Garth Brooks or as your own name. I would have signed it as my own name so that way people would feel really stupid when they realized who you really were.
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@wildflower0921 (181)
• Philippines
25 Apr 07
Yes, many times. It was my first year in high school. I was eating at the cafeteria when all of a sudden a girl came up to me and told me that I look like someone else. As what she described who I look like, I recognized that she was talking about a famous star. At first it's hard to believe but as days goes by, more and more people would approach me and tell me the same thing. Sometimes, I get annoyed because I don't want to be look-a-like. I want to be unique!
@serena_wai (970)
• Malaysia
25 Apr 07
I never have that kind of experience before. Thanks for sharing your experience, very interesting!
