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- Tony Hawk has literally countless stories of someone telling him ‘hey, you look like Tony Hawk’ instead of asking ‘are you Tony Hawk?’
- Since time is a flat circle, it happened once again and the reactions online are pretty priceless
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Tony Hawk is the most famous skateboarder on the planet and he gets recognized everywhere he goes. Except nobody ever asks if he is Tony Hawk, people just look at him and tell him he looks like Tony Hawk.
This happens so frequently that I’ve become a bit cynical and am half-convinced he’s making up these stories like the ‘overheard in a coffee shop’ bit on Twitter. But, they always seem to be legit with some unsuspecting person in the comments later realizing they met Tony Hawk but told him he looked like Tony.
For what it’s worth, Tony Hawk DID finally get recognized in public back in May. It was a huge life moment for him. But now people are back to confusing him as a guy who looks like Tony Hawk.
At coffee shop this morning:
Girl behind counter: (not joking) “has anyone told you that you look like Tony Hawk?”
Me: yes, so much that I sometimes write about it.
Her: haha, here’s your coffee
Other girl by exit: (leans toward me as I walk out): “you really do look like him”— Tony Hawk (@tonyhawk) December 10, 2021
Aaaaaaaand the girls realized what happened after seeing Tony post about it on IG.
Tony Hawk Mistaken For Guy Who Looks Like Tony Hawk (Again)
Meanwhile, over on Instagram: pic.twitter.com/kD6fMs7WZY
— Tony Hawk (@tonyhawk) December 10, 2021
You might’ve seen a few tweets like this before. Tony’s big on sharing them. He probably gets recognized 50 times a day (or more) but it feels like he chooses to share the one time every other month that he gets confused as someone who looks like Tony and it’s still great.
Here are some of those older tweets…
At @Tillys with my daughter, waiting for her by dressing room, mask on.
Guy folding clothes nearby: “Anyone tell you that you look like Tony Hawk?”
me (looking over, expecting sarcasm but realizing he’s serious): you have no idea
him: That’s cool, he’s cool
me: thanks!
him: huh?— Tony Hawk (@tonyhawk) August 12, 2020
In Athens, Greece at a Cure concert, walk up to bar to order drinks.
Guy next to me: “you gotta get in the back of that long line to buy drink tokens”
me: ok thanks
him: hey, you’re American!
me: I am
him: I know you but I don’t KNOW you
me: It happens
him: is your name Kelly?— Tony Hawk (@tonyhawk) July 17, 2019
At will call: I have 2 tickets for Hawk
agent: “Can I see your ID?”
me: I forgot it but I have a credit card
other agent: “He’s Tony Hawk”
agent: “he doesn’t have ID”
guy behind me: “that’s him”
agent: “I can’t find your name”
me: there is no E on the end
agent: “here you go”— Tony Hawk (@tonyhawk) September 1, 2019
Kelly Slater?
In Athens, Greece at a Cure concert, walk up to bar to order drinks.
Guy next to me: “you gotta get in the back of that long line to buy drink tokens”
me: ok thanks
him: hey, you’re American!
me: I am
him: I know you but I don’t KNOW you
me: It happens
him: is your name Kelly?— Tony Hawk (@tonyhawk) July 17, 2019
In NYC, guy cutting meat at deli looks up with confusion:
“you freaked me out, I thought you were that guy from the movie Ghost”
me: Patrick Swayze?
him: “No, his friend that betrays him”— Tony Hawk (@tonyhawk) June 13, 2019
Kid at skatepark:
“Are you Tony Hawk?”
me: I am
him: “no you’re not”
me: ok, I’m not
him: “but are you, FOR REAL?”
me: I am, for real
him: I thought you’d look younger
me: ME TOO— Tony Hawk (@tonyhawk) July 29, 2019
At Disneyland with kids, waiting in line for churros. Girl in front of me: “you look like Tony Hawks”
me: really?
her: “yes”
me: Is that good?
her, nonplussed: “I guess so”— Tony Hawk (@tonyhawk) June 15, 2019
Cashier #1: “Can I help you?”
Me: How long would it take to get a turkey burger to go?
Cashier #1: “About 5 minutes”
Cashier #2: “Are you Tony Hawk?”
Me: yes
Cashier #1: “Do you want a turkey burger then?”
Me: yes please, and an iced tea
Cashier #1: “Can I get a name?”— Tony Hawk (@tonyhawk) January 4, 2020
Circling back to Tony’s latest tweet and case of mistaken identity, some. of the reactions are pretty good:
— Hacer (@hacer_kun) December 10, 2021
I need to start repeatedly googling pictures of Tony Hawk to make sure I know exactly who he is in case I ever bump into him
— Daniel 🎄 (@wiggymaximoff) December 10, 2021
People to Tony when he's dressing normally: "You look a lot like Tony Hawk!"
People to Tony when he's in a Santa costume: "OMG it's Tony Hawk!"
— David Antelo (@DaveMcLion) December 10, 2021
*Me recognizing Tony Hawk – Do a Kickflip!
— 𝚌𝚢𝚋𝚎𝚛𝟻 (@TheRealCyber5) December 10, 2021
At this point, there have to be at least a handful of encounters where people knew if they pretended to not know it was him they’d end up on Tony’s Twitter. That’s the only reasonable explanation I can come up at this point.