Doppleganger!? I Wish!
January 29, 2010 | Deep Thoughts Friday,Me,TV/movie addiction
If you’re on Facebook, you may have noticed that some people chose to participate in Doppleganger week — where you post as your profile picture the celebrity others tell you you resemble.
I thought I’d post the incomparable Jennie Garth since a resemblance was cited just this year Had I been linked to someone less attractive, I might not have participated. But check her out. Hot mama!
The Jennie Garth comment cracked me up even more since I own a sweater that Kelly Taylor once sported on 90210 (the first time).
After that episode, my friend Poodle always referred to the black and white cardigan as “The Kelly Taylor sweater,” and I haven’t been able to part with it even though I’ve gained so much weight that the once hip-grazing hem now hovers around my spare tire.
I’m flattered with the association, but really? I’m guessing it’s because both Jennie and I have shoulder length blonde hair.
This past fall, my neighbor dropped by and was shocked at how I looked “exactly like Katherine Heigl.” 
Ha! I wish.
I think it was the sweater again. No, not that sweater.
It was a different sweater which I can’t even wear anymore because I shrank the bitch in the wash. Not that I’m bitter.
So my neighbor swore I looked like Izzy…maybe it was the sweater, or the blonde hair, or maybe it was because she walked in on me having sex with a ghost. I dunno…she avoids me now.
I’ve loved seeing the other celebrities that my friends look like. A close childhood friend commented that her friend’s daughter said she looked like Kimmy Gibbler from Full House. I didn’t regularly watch the show, but I knew that wasn’t a good pick. After checking out Kimmy, I realize my friend’s friend’s daughter (follow me, people) is on crack. Good luck with that.
Of course, when I first read the comment, I thought she was talking about that annoying little red-headed neighbor girl with half a head of bangs on Small Wonder. You see her, peeking out behind the dad on the left. Poor girl. I bet she hates the internet. And people like me.
Anyway, my favorite revelation was that of my mom. Here’s what she writes:
I stopped getting perms when some little kid I was examining told his mom I looked like the lady on Murder She Wrote – mind you I was only in my 40′s. Kids also let you know if your teeth are yellow…but that is another story.
Hilarity, thy name is my old detective/mystery author mom.
So who do you look like, or should I say, people tell you you look like?
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January 30th, 2010 at 7:01 am, Jill Says:
no one has ever said I look like anyone, except ‘every day people’. Plenty of people say I look just like someone they know, or have been near me and another long haired brown eyed with glasses person and swear we are sisters, even though we look nothing alike. who knows? I never get hit on by guys either, and plenty of people I know through blogland continually are hit on by men. I just don’t think I’m ‘pretty’ enough to be of any note, people just look right past me as if I’m not there. Shrug.
January 30th, 2010 at 4:16 pm, Sallyacious Says:
A young Kathleen Turner. Technically, what he said was that on stage, I came across like a young Kathleen Turner. Otherwise, I can’t think of a single person I’ve been told I look like. Though there is a painting by Thomas Gainsborough that could be of me (were I 300 years older than I am).
January 30th, 2010 at 6:30 pm, Britt Says:
Sex with a ghost? Huh?
I’m never really told that I look like anyone, but when I was younger everyone said that I looked like the girl on Jurassic Park. That offended me. Cuz that girl was annoying and she screamed a lot. But now, looking back, I can totally see the resemblance.
January 31st, 2010 at 3:40 pm, ames Says:
My obnoxious aunt kept insisting that I look like Cate Blanchett, who is tall, thin, and blond. I am none of those things. My whole family got in an argument with her, telling her I look nothing like Cate Blanchett. Turned out she meant Kate Winslet, but by the time we figured it out we all wanted to smack her.
January 31st, 2010 at 8:37 pm, Mindy of the North Says:
I’ve been told three separate times by three completely different people that I look like Barbara Streisand… is that a good thing?
January 31st, 2010 at 8:55 pm, Poodle Says:
Kelly Taylor has a HOT hubby. Neither here nor there…
When I was in junior high, this girl repeatedly insisted I looked like Kathleen Turner (like Sallyacious). This was Romancing the Stone KT era – not Chandler’s Dad/Mom KT but still, I never saw it.
On other occasions, I was told I look like Rebecca DeMornay and Annette Bening. This might explain why I didn’t take part in Doppelganger Week.
February 1st, 2010 at 6:32 pm, Jen R. Says:
Ugggh, I got Hilary Duff once. And *insert pretty much any redhead you’ve ever seen in your life here*.
When i get a bad haircut, which is most every haircut ever, I unfortunately see Facts-of-Life Molly Ringwald.