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Ever think a celebrity looks a little different? So different that they don\u2019t even look like themselves? Like maybe they aren\u2019t themselves?<\/p>\n
Jim Carrey is the latest in a long line of celebrities that people think may have been replaced by a look-alike. So who else is in this infamous club, and are they really who they say they are?<\/p>\n
The theory was started by a Brazilian blog called \u201cAvril Est\u00e9 Morta\u201d<\/a> or \u201cAvril Is Dead,\u201d in which the writer posited that perhaps the \u201cI\u2019m With You\u201d singer had died and, being too valuable and profitable, was subsequently replaced by someone with a similar appearance, often cited as being named Melissa. The \u201cevidence,\u201d if we can call it that, comes in the form of Lavigne\u2019s lyrics. Allegedly, the new Lavigne felt guilty for deceiving the public and put some hints into her songs.<\/p>\n For example, the blog claims \u201cMy Happy Ending\u201d has some lyrical hints, including the line, \u201cLet\u2019s talk this over \/\/ it\u2019s not like we\u2019re dead.\u201d To me, this lyric is saying that Lavigne is most certainly not dead, but what do I know?<\/p>\n Let\u2019s be realistic here; would a music label really let an artist put hints in their music that they weren\u2019t who they claimed to be? This isn\u2019t \u201cHannah Montana.\u201d<\/p>\n The blog also claimed that Lavigne had gotten shorter and that her voice had changed, although these points were eventually debunked in comedian Joanne McNally\u2019s podcast, \u201cWho Replaced Avril Lavigne?\u201d<\/p>\n Lavigne herself has denied the rumor, and there\u2019s no real evidence that it\u2019s true. Yet, people love to leave comments on her social media posts along the lines of \u201cNo way this is Avril\u201d and \u201cIt\u2019s the Avril Lavigne impersonator.\u201d<\/p>\n The rumor really took hold on college campuses in 1969 and eventually led McCartney to joke about the hoax with a 1993 album called \u201cPaul is Live.\u201d Believers of the theory claim John Lennon says \u201cI buried Paul\u201d at the end of \u201cStrawberry Fields Forever,\u201d although he\u2019s actually saying, \u201cCranberry sauce.\u201d<\/p>\n The theory also claims that if you play \u201cRevolution 9\u201d backwards, it sounds like someone is saying, \u201cTurn me on, dead man,\u201d and that \u201cI\u2019m So Tired\u201d backwards contains the phrase, \u201cPaul is dead, man, miss him, miss him.\u201d But truthfully, if you listen to these songs backwards, you could probably come up with any hidden meaning you wanted. So is Paul McCartney dead? Almost certainly not.<\/p>\n In the song, MacDonald specifically claims Gucci Mane, Kodak Black, and Eminem are all clones, and that Eminem \u201cain’t rapped since ‘Encore.'”<\/p>\n There\u2019s no other evidence to support this theory, except that rumors of Eminem\u2019s death resurface online every so often. The Detroit News <\/a>did run an obituary for Eminem in 2024, but it turned out to be an ad for the rapper\u2019s album, \u201cThe Death of Slim Shady.\u201d It\u2019s safe to say Eminem is alive and well.<\/p>\n In Cavallari\u2019s mind, her theory made sense. \u201cRemember he was really talking a lot, he was really saying too much,\u201d she began. \u201cThe cabal didn\u2019t like that the illuminati, the cabal, they did not like how much he was saying. He was calling a lot of people out. And he said, if I go away and I come back and I look different, that is not me.\u201d<\/p>\n Cavallari thinks that today, West looks different enough to warrant her conspiracy theory, that he\u2019s a different person today.<\/p>\n The \u201cLaguna Beach\u201d star also thinks Britney Spears is a different person now, but it\u2019s probably safer to assume these stars just look different because of aging and injectables.<\/p>\n Follow us on Instagram @WeArePauseRewind<\/a> for all your pop culture obsessions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\nPaul McCartney<\/h2>\n
Long before Lavigne\u2019s conspiracy theory took the internet by storm, music fans thought an even more famous celebrity may not be the real deal. The \u201cPaul is Dead\u201d conspiracy claims that The Beatles\u2019 bassist, Paul McCartney, died in 1966 and was quietly replaced with a look-alike to spare the public from grieving and to keep the band intact.<\/h2>\n
Eminem<\/h2>\n
The music industry sure loves a good clone theory. Michigan-born rapper Eminem was the victim of one such conspiracy theory in 2006 stemming from a song called \u201cCloned Rappers\u201d by Tom MacDonald, which claims that the Illuminati “took bone samples to clone rappers\u201d because “if they can’t control you, they erase the old you.”<\/h2>\n
Kanye West<\/h2>\n
We have \u201cThe Hills\u201d star Kristin Cavallari to thank for this conspiracy theory. In 2024, the podcast host claimed Kanye West wasn\u2019t who we think, saying, \u201cI wholeheartedly believe what I\u2019m about to say. I think there are clones, okay? And I think Kanye is a clone.\u201d<\/h2>\n