It seems like no one knows who Tony Hawk is.
Tony Hawk has been tweeting about people coming up and *recognizing* him for years.
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But it’s funny because people can’t quite figure out *who he is* or *where they know him from*.
He calls it his “mistaken identity” encounters.
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TSA agents can’t quite put their finger on him.
TSA agent (checking my ID): “Hawk, like that skateboarder Tony Hawk!”
Me: exactly
Her: “Cool, I wonder what he’s up to these days”
Me: this
Twitter: @tonyhawk
Baristas don’t have a clue.
Guy approaches me while standing in line at coffee shop in Cancún.
Him: my friend says you are a famous person. Is that true?
Me: that depends on your definition of fame
Him: will you show up on Google if I search your name?
Me: yes
Him (typing into phone): you are Tony Stark?
Twitter: @tonyhawk
The people in drive-thrus are like “who?”
Pulling up to drive-through window, girl starts to read back my order and stops herself: “you’re Tony Hawk?”
me: yes
her: “can I tell everyone?”
me: I suppose
her: “yo, we got Tony Hawk at the window!”
voice from kitchen: “Who?”
Twitter: @tonyhawk
From NYC delis…
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”
Twitter: @tonyhawk
…to Disneyland.
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”
Twitter: @tonyhawk
These “mistaken identity” encounters are funny every time.
guy at restaurant: “you famous?”
me: I think that depends on who you ask
him: “anyone ever tell you that you look like Tom Brady?”
me: never
Twitter: @tonyhawk
So, now that you’re caught up on the past, we have a brand new interaction that’s going viral.
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Tony took a break from posting these interactions because people think he’s a fake, but he started posting again in early December:
I’ve refrained from sharing “mistaken identity” stories lately because people think I’m fabricating them (not true, but I get it), but this just happened:
TSA (checking my ticket & ID): “pull down your mask”
Me: (pulls down mask)
TSA: (checks ID again): “haha, good one!”
Me: 🤷🏼♂️
Twitter: @tonyhawk
And here’s the latest interaction at a coffee shop that is going viral:
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”
Twitter: @tonyhawk
“You really do look like him,” indeed.
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Keep posting, bye!
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