A woman’s chance encounter with Snoop Dogg lookalike Eric Finch made her and her son the butt of Twitter’s jokes.
It all started with a tweet from Mat George, who was playfully annoyed that his mother met a celebrity in California before he did. Both assumed the man pictured with George’s mother was Snoop Dogg.
I’ve been in LA for a year and haven’t seen a single celebrity. My mom comes for a weekend and meets Snoop Dogg pic.twitter.com/PeVGNK7XGu
— Mat George (@matchu_chutrain) July 11, 2021
“I’ve been in LA for a year and haven’t seen a single celebrity. My mom comes for a weekend and meets Snoop Dogg,” George captioned the picture.
In reality, the man in the picture is Finch, a professional Snoop Dogg impersonator. The rest of Twitter swiftly corrected him.
Snoop’s head is more Eddie Murphy shaped, thats not him in the picture pic.twitter.com/4YCWX8hefV
— W.E.B Datboi (@Canttoouchme) July 12, 2021
That’s must be his second cousin snoopy cause uhhhh pic.twitter.com/aiX49TSbyS
— ny. (@misseverywhereg) July 12, 2021
“That’s must be his second cousin snoopy cause uhhhh,” wrote one person.
This was me, even zoomed in 🤣🤣
— Valentina (@AsRealAsItGetsV) July 12, 2021
Why when some people meet random black people y’all always gonna say(or actually think) it’s a famous black person with a similar hairstyle? Y’all would have loved where I grew up, like 20 snoop doggs and 4 Rick Rosses in my neighborhood. I get it’s a joke btw, but ppl be serious
— Jae Fly (@jaefly23) July 12, 2021
Even Snoop Dogg got in on the fun.
Which Dogg? Left or Right…make ur pick! #DoggyVision #Snoopx2 @Complex https://t.co/Vk2Z4veXxA pic.twitter.com/vVU9ARKtQ5
— Snoop Dogg (@SnoopDogg) July 12, 2021
George was a little upset about the mistake and didn’t want to break the news to his moms.
“Can everyone stop saying it’s not Snoop Dogg? My mom’s gonna be heartbroken the next time she logs onto Twitter,” he pleaded.
“Who the hell is Eric Finch,” George asked in another tweet.
Finch currently resides in California and gets paid to play pretend. Outside of being Snoop’s doppelganger, he lives a regular life. A 2019 article from The Culture Trip revealed he worked as a warehouse worker and homeschooled his children when his wife was at work. Even though he isn’t the real Doggfather, he still experienced the pitfalls of fame.
“People would just surround us sometimes. It can be very hard and demanding,” he told the outlet. “You’re just like a celebrity, but you don’t get the pay.”
Nonetheless, he is a man of the people and appreciates his audience.
“I’ll take whatever comes,” Finch said. “It’s not about the fame and the fortune. It’s about something I enjoy doing. It’s breathtaking to me. There are no words that can even describe what it feels like to be an entertainer.”
