Timothée Chalamet Offered to Pay $500 Fine for Lookalike Contest Organizer
- Anthony Po was fined $500 for hosting a Timothee Chalamet lookalike contest in Washington Square Park without a permit, but Chalamet's team offered to cover the fee, which Po declined, with the party-organizing app Partifull ultimately paying the fine.
After organizing the viral Timothée Chalamet lookalike contest in Washington Square Park, Anthony Po was slapped with a $500 fine for hosting a public event without a permit. But fear not! After the event, Po revealed that Chalamet's team approached him to cover the fee.
"They offered to pay the ticket, which is truly funny," Po told People , adding that he didn't accept the offer and instead, the party-organizing app Partifull took care of the tab. "They basically [said] like, 'We thought it was awesome. Thanks so much.' It was all good and fun."
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Po also spoke to Rolling Stone earlier this month and reacted to the Rolling Stone cover star pulling up to the silly gathering of his New York City twins. "I can't think of a more unsafe place for Timothee Chalamet to be at 1 p.m. on a Sunday than [a park] with thousands of people who would mob him," Po said jokingly. "But it's cool he showed up."
Po explained to People that the lookalike contest cost him around $4,000 to produce, so a $500 fine didn't seem like a big reason to discourage the sort of gathering. Lookalike contests have taken over parks across the world over the last few weeks: in New York City, Jeremy Allen White was duped by some fans; in Los Angeles, Peso Pluma lookalikes lined up to showcase their best dance moves, and in Dublin, Paul Mescal twins met up for a party.
"The election is behind us now, but everything really sucked," Po told Rolling Stone . "So to have something slightly interesting and fun, wholesome, and full of whimsy, was comforting. Every in-person thing costs money or it's too serious. Community is also something that you can find online but it's so different."
He added: "People just want to be together in person and do something dumb. And this is a very low-barrier-to-entry way to do that."
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