Timothée Chalamet’s team offered to pay the $500 fine incurred after the viral lookalike contest held in New York City’s Washington Square Park in October, according to the event organizer, YouTuber Anthony Po.
Chalamet made a surprise appearance at his own lookalike contest on Oct. 27, where a throng of attendees gathered under the park’s iconic arch to see the actor’s curly-haired doppelgängers. The NYPD ultimately ordered the huge crowd to disperse, and Po was issued the $500 fine for hosting a public event without a permit.
“They offered to pay the ticket, which is truly funny,” Po said of Chalamet’s team in a recent interview with People. Although he declined the gesture, the $500 still didn’t come out of Po’s own pocket; the digital invite app Partiful paid off the fine instead.
Po didn’t get to meet or see Chalamet at the event, saying, “I think if he would’ve stayed for the end of it, maybe I would’ve given him runner-up or something.”
However, he said he did receive praise from Chalamet’s team for the contest. “They basically [said] like, ‘We thought it was awesome. Thanks so much.’ It was all good and fun.”
The Chalamet lookalike competition was promoted through flyers posted across New York City, in addition to a public Partiful invitation which, by the morning of the event, had more than 2,500 RSVPs. The winner of the contest, 21-year-old Miles Mitchell, received a trophy and a cash prize of $50.
The viral event has spawned multiple celebrity lookalike contests around the world, including ones for Paul Mescal, Zayn Malik, Harry Styles and Glen Powell.
