Shadowing Practice: Asking Celebrities If They Remember Me (using fake photos) - Learn English Speaking with Video
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Ryan: Howdy! Today I'm asking celebrities if they remember me.
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The only catch is: the photos are fake.
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Except for this one. This one's real.
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I'm just kidding. You should have seen the look on your face.
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Hold on! That didn't...
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That did not fool me.
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I spent $15 on that anime wig.
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I hope you liked it. So I'm in a new place for a bit.
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I actually built my dad a house, which was my biggest dream ever, and it came true.
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And I know YouTubers say this all the time, but... <i>(Sings:)</i> "Possible without you, it wouldn't be possible without you.
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My dad has got a really cool kitchen now.
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It wouldn't be possible without..." you, guys.
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I am so excited to mess with famous people.
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So we're gonna start off slow with champagnepapi, aka Drake.
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Looks like I DM'd him over 2 years ago and did not get a response, so maybe things will change. Looks like I'm looking at him with some, uh, murderous intent.
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I promise I'm not. I'm not even there.
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That's the crazy thing.
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This photo is not real.
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Looks pretty legit to me.
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I'm gonna be like: "My guy.
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You remember me?" Next: we're gonna DM Obama.
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Barack. Oh, yep.
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Looks like we DM'd him 2 years ago and did not get a response also.
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So this is the photo I'm sending him now.
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Looks pretty legit.
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Am I allowed to do this?
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I actually put my face over Joe Biden.
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I'm not sure if that's even legal.
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Ryan: Uh... Man: FBI! Open up!
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Ryan: But hey, I think the photo is cool.
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Might send it to my friends, tell them that this...that it's real.
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Hey, Mr. Why don't...why don't...
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What if I just call him Mister?
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Is that...is that wrong? Is that disrespectful?
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I feel the need to send a winky face after that.
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I don't know...I don't know what's getting into me right now.
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Oh, that's so cringe.
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President of the United States, we're talking about here.
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Thanks for the attention! I have...
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I don't know what else to say.
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I'm just...I can't believe I just...
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Hey, Mr.! I hate that, I hate that. Okay.
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Taylor Swift has 166 million Instagram followers.
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That seems too powerful.
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Okay. Yeah, I guess this is gonna be a trend.
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Most celebrities, I have probably deemed them.
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Most of them probably not respond.
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Let's just get this one out of the way!
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This is by far probably the worst Photoshop job we've got.
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For some reason, I can't quite explain nor rationalize.
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I feel like Taylor Swift is low key, like Mother Nature. Dude, like...like this picture right here.
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Like, I feel like she can grow trees using her mind.
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I mean, have we asked her if she...if she can or not?
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But that's not my business at all.
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Coolest night ever. Do you remember me?
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That's the most desperate I've ever sounded.
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Zac Efron. So this is actually a real photo.
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Um, I do know Zac.
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I mean, this was, like, the best day of my life.
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And he was the best man at my wedding, and...I lied.
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It's another fake photo. You should have seen the look on your face.
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Fortunately, I don't think he's gonna respond, because this just feels psychotic.
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Perhaps crazy.
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Sending this to Mr.
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Beast. That, unfortunately, is a real photo of me as a child.
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Bro! How did I not know we went to school together?
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Today I'm going to be lying for 24 hours straight.
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Okay, so the only real photo, only real celebrity I've ever met actually happened recently. And it was John Cena.
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Craziest day of my life and it's 100% real, I promise.
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I even got a video. It was so cool.
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We like...we like chest bumped.
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He even like, put me on his shoulders, spun me around a little bit, like his special move and stuff. Next up we got Miley Cyrus or Hannah Montana.
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You know. Call her what you want, but you can't call her broke. Can you?
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Can't do it. Something about this just looks extremely unsettling.
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Not sure if it's the sheer size of my skull, or perhaps the atrocious surfboard themed jar. Either way, I don't feel good about this.
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You know what? I'm not even gonna...
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Not even gonna send a caption.
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Not even gonna send a caption to Miley Cyrus.
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Yeah, honestly hope she doesn't see this.
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This one's going out to Ryan Reynolds, aka Deadpool.
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You know, great guy, cool guy.
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This one looks pretty...pretty real. I mean... Unreal night, Ryan gang or die.
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Sending this over to Hugh Jackman.
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Hugh Jackman, aka Wolverine.
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Sending this to him.
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This looks legit.
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This is a real photo.
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I'm convinced. And I know it's not real.
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I am a walking logical fallacy.
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I don't even know what that means.
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Okay. Unreal night, Ryan gang or die.
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Let's just send the same message!
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Same message again.
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Doesn't make any sense.
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I also decided to make this photo, which, um...
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Makes me very uncomfortable.
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Chris Pratt. I mean, we'll send it over to him.
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We'll just...Is that a threat?
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Is it a promise? We'll see.
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Ariana Grande. Yeah.
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Uh, definitely not ever gonna get a response from her ever again.
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Not that I ever did.
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I never got one in the first place, but...249 million followers.
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Okay. Here's the photo I'm sending.
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I did Photoshop myself onto an 80, possibly 90 year old man that is Bernie Sanders.
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So the odds of her being like: "Did I meet this guy?
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Where did I meet?
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I did...I did meet that guy, but he was like, really old." So 2 years ago, I told her "I saw you", uh...
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I'm sorry about that! But now I really have no choice but to commit.
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So I'm just gonna say I told you so.
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If you thought this couldn't get any more uncomfortable, I'm actually sending this to Bernie next. Bernie.
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More like Bernie.
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Curney. Learney. Verney.
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Surnie. Mernie.
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Nerney. Herney.
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Mornay. Pherney.
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Murney. Durney.
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Kearney. 2 years ago, I asked Tom Holland if he thinks we look alike, and didn't get a response. But he did end up becoming Spider-Man, so maybe he had already been Spider-Man at that point. Regardless, he's winning in life.
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Which is why I was so excited when I met him at freaking Lowe's or whatever.
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Such an honor meeting you, my man.
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Tell Zendaya hi for me!
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Oh! Shoot! Dang! I haven't left the house today.
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Possibly 2 days, actually.
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Zendaya. So now I'm gonna send Zendaya this photo.
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I'm gonna be like, uh: "Such a blast, call me!" Oh, no!
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Oh, no! I sent that to Tom Holland.
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Do I unsend it?
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Next up: we got Logan Paul. Sending him this photo.
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Wait, I mean, it looks great.
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I think...I think I actually did a good job on this.
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You know. Don't think I forgot about this, bro!
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I want next. Huh!
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Next up: we got Ellen. I've also had people tell me I look like Neil Patrick Harris.
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So I thought, what...what would happen if I just didn't even Photoshop my face on?
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Would I have a better chance of getting a reply, if they thought I was a person that they actually met but forgot their name?
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OMG, Ellen! Congrats on the comeback!
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You gotta have me on soon.
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Wait! Wait! Did her show get canceled?
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Oh, my gosh! It got canceled.
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Oh! That's...that's a...Will Smith.
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Everybody loves him.
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Everybody hates him.
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That's not true.
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Hahaaa! They got us, bro.
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The paparazzi always on my back, too. Love you, man.
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Always taking pictures of me.
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Imagine a guy like always walks behind celebrities, just so he can be like paparazzi.
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You know. Paparazzi is always following me around.
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Like...like always.
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Just photos, like photo op.
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Like, I literally wasn't even ready for it.
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Like, I got my...I got my bad blazer on, you know?
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So...Next: we got Bella Poarch.
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Um, not the best fake photo.
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Uh, you know, kind of hard to work with bad lighting. <i>(Sings:)</i> "This ain't build the dude.
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You don't get to pick and choose." Shout out to this guy. Love that guy. Cole Sprouse.
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So nice meeting you.
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Wait, I have an idea. I have an idea.
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I'm gonna reach out to Dylan Sprouse.
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Okay. I'm sending Dylan Sprouse a photo of his legitimate twin brother.
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While it is risky, I think it might just pose the...the recognition that we need.
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People say I look like your brother.
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Okay, that doesn't even make any sense.
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You know, Shawn Mendes was big on Vine first, right?
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He was a Magcon Boy.
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Mwah! Good old days, bro.
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Miss you. Why do I feel like he could actually believe that I was there?
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I doubt he's close with any...anyone in this photo anymore.
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Threw myself right there in the back.
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Yeah, I'm looking good right there.
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I'm looking real good. Sending this to Kylie Jenner, uh..."The two most famous people of 2021. And why Ryan is hotter..." Bruh!
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These people doing the most for clicks nowadays.
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This is...this is pretty funny.
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Um, let's move on!
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Brad Pitt doesn't have an Instagram account, but I'm just gonna send this to a fan page.
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Because I spent time making it, and I think my hat looks cool, so...Just found this photo online. Can't believe I drove right by you.
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If the fan page responds, it's gonna be pretty cool, I guess.
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Uh, LeBron James.
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Why does this look so real?
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I...what am I gonna say?
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Um...Good luck in the finals, LeBron!
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Oh, wait! You got eliminated cause I wasn't on the court.
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Did he get eliminated? What team is he on?
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I need to go to a bar.
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I don't know what's happening in the sports world right now.
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A lot of people also tell me I look like Gordon Ramsay.
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Or at least his son.
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As you can see, 2 years ago, I did ask him: "Are you my dad?".
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No response.
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Uh...You are my biological father.
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Please. I don't know. I don't know why I just got desperate, actually.
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Next up, we got Jimmy Fallon.
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Uh...funny guy.
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Just realized that I actually replaced his face on accident.
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That's not...that's not good.
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I'm not sure how he's gonna respond to this.
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Uh...I'm gonna hit him with a good old "Nice meeting you, man".
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Mhm! Jumbo. Always said Jumbo.
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Next up: we got the Jonas Brothers.
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Uh, this is what we're working with.
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Brothers. I don't know why this photo looks so squished, but maybe that'll help my case.
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He's not gonna respond to that.
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That doesn't...there's no information there.
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There's no information to even address.
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So I have this photo of Neil Patrick Harris, which again, people...who said...I don't even know who said that. Maybe I said that to myself, that I look like him.
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I don't know who this girl is, but I'm just gonna send it to Clairo.
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I can't think of anyone else who looks similar. She responded last time I DM'd celebrities. Nice meeting you.
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Is that offensive? I don't know.
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Olivia Rodrigo.
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Uh...pretty sure I photoshopped my face onto the guy that...all these songs are about that she makes. Which, now that I'm thinking of, like, filming videos like this has felt increasingly more freaky.
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Like, uh, I'm a freak like that.
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I just, I don't know, sending pictures like this to a real person, uh...makes me feel like I'm an absolute weirdo.
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Which, you know, I'm gonna unsend this.
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I just...I don't want to do that.
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I'm sending this to Robert Downey Jr.
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Good old days.
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"Do the thing with your pecs!" I can't believe you sometimes, man.
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Miss, you. Sent this to Ed Sheeran.
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Sending this to Machine Gun Kelly, who is dating Megan Fox.
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Yo, Megan, it's been a minute.
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Oh, shoot! Wrong person.
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Literally. Same message. I said: "Oh, shoot! Wrong person". Thought I got a reply, but it's, uh...
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It's just my phone, remind me to drink water. Next time you see me, hopefully we got a bunch a load of celebrity responses.
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Hey, guys! So we did get a couple celebrity responses.
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Um, Logan Paul said: "Hahahaha", and Mr.
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Beast just liked my message. And we all know what that means.
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That means he probably believed it, right?
About This Lesson
In this lesson, you will engage in a unique English speaking practice session inspired by the playful interactions of a YouTube video featuring a host who asks celebrities if they remember him, using fake photos. This scenario allows learners to practice conversational English while incorporating humor and approachable language. The informal tone and lively pace of the video provide a perfect opportunity to enhance your listening and speaking skills, targeting the way English is spoken in everyday contexts.
Key Vocabulary & Phrases
- Howdy! - A friendly greeting.
- DM (Direct Message) - A private message sent through social media.
- Murderous intent - A humorous phrase describing a serious look.
- Disrespectful - Not showing respect; offensive.
- Winky face - An emoji or emoticon used to convey humor or irony.
- Photoshop - A software application for image editing; often used in social media for modifying images.
- Legal - Relating to the law or rules that govern actions.
Practice Tips
To effectively utilize this video for your practice, try applying the shadowing technique. Shadowing involves repeating what you hear in real-time, which can significantly bolster your English pronunciation and fluency. Here are some tailored tips to maximize your learning:
- Watch the video first without trying to repeat anything. Get a sense of the humor and tone.
- Play short clips where the host interacts with the celebrities. Pause frequently to repeat phrases and sentences aloud. Focus on matching intonation and rhythm to improve your speaking flow.
- Try to mimic the playful attitude and expressions of the speaker. This will help you capture the essence of casual English conversation.
- Record yourself as you practice by using the shadow speech method. Listening to yourself will help you identify areas for improvement.
- Engage in role-play with a partner, where one of you takes the role of the speaker and the other, the celebrity. This interaction enhances conversational skills and softens any fear of speaking.
By integrating these techniques into your practice, you will not only improve your speaking abilities but also gain confidence in using English in daily conversations.
What is the Shadowing Technique?
Shadowing is a science-backed language learning technique originally developed for professional interpreter training and popularized by polyglot Dr. Alexander Arguelles. The method is simple but powerful: you listen to native English audio and immediately repeat it out loud — like a shadow following the speaker with just a 1–2 second delay. Unlike passive listening or grammar drills, shadowing forces your brain and mouth muscles to simultaneously process and reproduce real speech patterns. Research shows it significantly improves pronunciation accuracy, intonation, rhythm, connected speech, listening comprehension, and speaking fluency — making it one of the most effective methods for IELTS Speaking preparation and real-world English communication.