Seth Meyers Mistaken for Hugh Grant at Olympics 2026

Seth Meyers is just a man, standing in front of cameras, asking to be properly identified by fans.

After attending the 2026 Milano Cortina Olympics, the late-night television host detailed his whirlwind experience at the Winter Games, which included a run-in with one person who thought he was Hugh Grant.

“I was walking around and Americans were stopping to say hello. Canadians were stopping to say hello. A lot of Scandinavians were stopping to say hello,” Seth explained on the Feb. 23 episode of Late Night with Seth Meyers. “A lot of people wanted pictures.” 

The 52-year-old—who joked that he sat in the “regular seats” to see Team USA women’s hockey players win gold because he wasn’t “invited” to sit in the luxury box—had no issues about mingling with fans, either. As he quipped, “I’m a man of the people… I enjoy that a great deal, talking to people.”

But when it came to one man in particular, Seth’s celebrity status was apparently not as impressive as Hugh’s stardom—though he had to first prove he wasn’t the Notting Hill actor.