You know your drag is on point when people confuse you for the star you're impersonating.
That's what happened at the Miami stop of Lady Gaga's Chromatica Ball tour when a drag queen's rendering of the pop superstar totally fooled a security guard—so much so he attempted to shield the drag queen from Gaga's fans.
Drag queen Penelopy Jean, who refers to herself as "Dollar Tree Gaga" on Twitter, posted a clip of the moment the security guard realized he'd been duped.
See Jean's video below.
WARNING: NSFW language
\u201cThe moment when security realized I wasn\u2019t Gaga \ud83e\udd23 #ChromaticaBall #chromaticaballmiami #gaga #ladygaga\u201d— Dollar Tree Gaga (@Dollar Tree Gaga) 1663556286
Huge congrats to Jean for having a look this flawless.
Gaga would be proud!
In the video, Jean is seen trying to make her way through a throng of other fans as a security guard tries to hold the fans back against the walls, doing his best to catch up to Jean and protect her.
Jean's look was so convincing that some of her fellow concert attendees seemed to have been fooled as well. The video shows her several times assuring them:
"I'm a drag queen, I'm a drag queen."
When the security guard finally caught up to her, Jeans turned to confirm to him that "I'm not Lady Gaga," and the look on his face is priceless, going from total confusion to a sort of mystified awe as he says:
"Oh sh*t!"
Jean is a popular drag performer from Brazil, and is frequently confused for the superstar she often emulates, according to fans who responded to her Twitter post about the Miami moment.
On Twitter, the incident generated all kinds of jokes and memes.
\u201c@PenelopyJean I love how he looks at you like it was your fault somehow hahaha.\u201d— Dollar Tree Gaga (@Dollar Tree Gaga) 1663556286
\u201c@PenelopyJean You looked identical to her! I had to do a double take when I first saw you last night. Fabulous x 1000!! \ud83d\udc8b\u201d— Dollar Tree Gaga (@Dollar Tree Gaga) 1663556286
\u201cHelp- so identical \ud83d\ude2d The only difference is height. That's talent. <33\u201d— \ud83d\udc9c\u3004 4n4 M4rij4 \u3004\ud83d\udc9c (@\ud83d\udc9c\u3004 4n4 M4rij4 \u3004\ud83d\udc9c) 1663700557
\u201c\ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\ude2d\ud83d\ude2d\u201d— jur\u00eddico grace jones (@jur\u00eddico grace jones) 1663550311
\u201cthis is so funny i love little monsters\u201d— \u2661 s a m m i \u2661 (@\u2661 s a m m i \u2661) 1663599494
\u201cRu Paul on her way to personally cast her for Season 15.\u201d— Domino's Pizza ROI (@Domino's Pizza ROI) 1663598514
\u201cPut her on drag race Brazil I beg\u201d— E R I S. E N V Y. (@E R I S. E N V Y.) 1663592682
\u201c@PopCrave The way I need this queen to sashay into the Werkroom on @RuPaulsDragRace for this ICONIC moment alone... Make it happen @WorldOfWonder!!\u201d— Pop Crave (@Pop Crave) 1663592119
\u201cthe security guard really thought it was Gaga the way he followed her out of the crowd I\u2019m screaming\u201d— GAGA \uea00 (@GAGA \uea00) 1663533090
\u201cHELP \ud83d\ude2d she got the security guard so confused \ud83d\ude2d\u201d— \ud83c\udf37 (@\ud83c\udf37) 1663543070
In the security guard's defense, has anyone ever seen Penelopy Jean and Gaga together in the same room?
We rest our case!
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