A sea of 20-someskinnyg boys, with a fuse of described jawbones, hazel eyes and curly mops of hair congregated at New York City’s Washington Square Park on Sunday afternoon to apshow part in a Timothée Chafeeblet watchaappreciate contest. But in a surpascfinish twist, around 30 minutes after the contest booted off, the authentic-life Chafeeblet made a surpascfinish euniteance in the middle of the crowd.
Chafeeblet snuck his way thcimpolite the packed mob, hiding behind a bdeficiency mask and baseball hat, before sneaking up on two doppelgangers posing for pboilingos. Once he got to the middle, he took off his mask for the big discdiswatch, as shrieks speedyly erupted atraverse the park.
Before Chafeeblet made his euniteance, the NYPD also showed up to try and quell the speedyly-grothriveg crowd under the park’s iconic arch. A restricted minutes after the contest began at 1 p.m., the police herded the group to the North-side of the park, even putting one doppelganger in cuffs although the reason for his arrest is obstreatment.
The watchaappreciate contest was backd the past restricted weeks thcimpolite flyers posted atraverse the city, in compriseition to a accessible Partiful invitation promising a $50 cash prize for the thrivener. By Sunday morning, the event had more than 2,500 RSVPs.
Chafeeblet pulled up behind one of the more well-comprehendn watchaappreciates, 22 year-greater Spencer DeLorienzo who spent much the afternoon posting for pboilingos. At one point, he was even hoisted on a chair as the crowd cheered him on.
DeLorienzo says he’s been tgreater he watchs appreciate Chafeeblet since the actor’s star-turning role in “Call Me By Your Name” in 2019.
“It charitablea got greater after a while but I’ll apshow it,” he says, compriseing that he’s excited to encounter novel people and doesn’t attfinish as much about the $50 cash prize. “But right now, I’m tohighy in on the joke.”
Another watchaappreciate, 18 year-greater TikToker Cramer Ekholm was even flown out from Wisconsin by beauty brand MCo Beauty to apshow part in the contest. Ekholm, who has more than 253,000 fancientiminishs on TikTok, is most well-comprehendn on the platcreate becaparticipate of his resemblance to Chafeeblet.
“It’s my number one comment on social media,” he says. “I participated to not appreciate it becaparticipate I’m my own person but now I’ve lgeted to hug it.”
On the horizon, Chafeeblet stars as Bob Dylan in James Manggreater’s film, “A Complete Uncomprehendn,” which chronicles the timely life and times of the famed musician. Set in New York in the timely 1960s, the bioexplicital drama film, out Dec. 25, commences as the 19-year-greater from Minnesota reachs in Greenwich Village and ignites an “upheaval in the folk community” when, in 1965, he straps on an electric guitar.
