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A Jared Leto imposter walked the Met Gala red carpet, which is the most Jared Leto thing ever

Just when it looked like we might be finally meeting the real Jared Leto...

Fredrik Robertsson
Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue

Jared Leto, character actor who wants you to know he is a character actor, is a self-fashioned cipher, for sure. He is also the kind of guy who might send a fake Jared Leto down the Met Gala red carpet covered in what appears to be space Q-Tips.

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And maybe he did, as a dude beside Leto walked down the most elite red carpet fooling plenty of people into thinking he is, in fact, the actor.

The Leto imposter is a man named Fredrik Robertsson, who appears to share Leto’s fondness for prosthetics. But this is not Jared Leto. I REPEAT. This is not Jared Leto.

Jared Leto
Photo by Mike Coppola/Getty Images

Few details are known as of yet, but Leto is a frequent Gucci spokesmodel, and the brand previously provided the actor with a fake severed head in his likeness to accompany him down the Met Gala red carpet in 2019. Perhaps the gang took things a step further this time, but for now, it’s unclear who exactly is in on the gag. Getty Images was fooled, however, publishing and then deleting photos identified as Leto.

Jared Leto
(Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue

The fake Leto looks like a gilded porcupine bred with a mermaid, so you can understand why people were fooled into thinking it may have been the Suicide Squad actor. The imposter topped off the look with a combination of gloves and jewelry that makes you pray the rhinestones around his eyes aren’t itchy because scratching them could lead to enunciation.

Whatever the case, the look has people thinking fondly of the items in their medicine cabinets and toolboxes, from nasal swabs to scalp massagers.

But maybe understanding shouldn’t be the goal. I bet you’re not thinking about Morbius right now.