LOL! Tweeps think 'Idris Elba doll' looks A LOT like James Motsamai
It looks like Rasta ain't the only artist who is capable of drawing the absolute opposite of the person they're meant to be putting down on a canvas. In Britain things got to a whole new level when a doll that was supposed to look like Idris Elba was released earlier this week.
The actor, who was dubbed the PEOPLE’s 2018 Sexiest Man Alive has a doll made in his honour by British handcraft designers Emperis.
According to BBC the company was founded in 2010 and claims to be "thee only handcrafted ball-joined doll that is not only designed but also made in England".
The supposed look-alike doll sports a sleek three-piece-suit, blue jeans and brown shoes.
It wasn't the clothes that were the issue, it was the face... the "evil-looking" eyebrows and the extra pointy nose. No matter how you looked at it, it just isn't Idris.
Lol! It's no surprise that Idris was probably sitting there like... WTF?
Idris Elba looking at that doll... pic.twitter.com/5Zy4bGobHb
— Box Fan On High All Year Round (@TerrellChuggs) November 13, 2018
According to fans across the world the dolls looks like a range of other people, but definitely not like Idris.
The man that got the most "he looks like you" tweets was Think Like A Man actor Romany Malco. But like on the real... the doll really looks a lot like him.
Exhibit A: Romany Malco
pretty sure the new @idriselba doll is actually meant to be @TeamRomany 🤔 pic.twitter.com/CzKIbfbCfv
— Macy Andrews (@MacyLAndrews) November 14, 2018
Back at home on the Mzansi streets, tweeps think the doll may have been made to resemble our very own Muvhango's James Motsamai aka Dingaan Mokebe.
Idris? This is James Motsamai https://t.co/2vyouIIZjx
— Naledi Yona (@NalediYona) November 13, 2018
Then there were all these men.
@TheView The Idris Elba doll looks more like Mr. Gaines
— M.A.N. (@AgNo2andAu) November 14, 2018
from "A Different World". pic.twitter.com/qQZovWzyK7
This Idris Elba doll is giving me tales from the hood nightmares all over again! #thisaintit #IdrisElba pic.twitter.com/DPx7UpDeuv
— J.Solo (@JJustITA) November 14, 2018
Did Terry Silver hijack the designs for Idris Elba's doll pic.twitter.com/04AprZtaXO
— Luke-Anthony Bailey (@LukeaBailey) November 13, 2018
Man why does that Idris Elba doll look just like charlamagne @cthagod 😂😂 pic.twitter.com/I4SEdOZKyF
— DeVante (@DeVanteS7) November 14, 2018
This doll is supposed to be Idris Elba?!? Looks more like my long term enemy pic.twitter.com/accqTfneIh
— Kyle Kaufman 🌐 (@Mrkyle330) November 13, 2018
This damn doll looks nothing like #IdrisElba. Now, #JesseLeePeterson is more on par. pic.twitter.com/aE53We8f2U
— Dark Willow (@JohniiDM) November 14, 2018
That @idriselba doll looks more like @KoolDJ_MaxiJazz from Faithless.#IdrisElba #idriselbadoll pic.twitter.com/P74HSeODhX
— Adrian (@Ade_J_Jones) November 14, 2018
And Idris also thinks the doll looks more like
— Idris Elba (@idriselba) November 14, 2018