Jim Carrey lookalike forced to respond to ‘conspiracy theorists’ who sent her photo of actor before his birthday

A Jim Carrey lookalike has been forced to respond to her followers after they have been coming up with 'conspiracy theories' ahead of the actor's birthday.

Now, lookalikes and doppelgangers are something that seem to entertain the masses - the fact that two people may look eerily alike despite having no relation can be incredibly fascinating.

But some people take it too far and start to theorise about doppelgangers actually being the same person, especially when it comes to a celebrity doppelganger.

Well, these conspiracy theorists have locked on to their latest target in recent days, letting her know that she looks just like Jim Carrey by sending her numerous photos of the comedian in the lead up to his birthday - which falls on 17 January.

And she has responded to these claims about their resemblance by uploading a TikTok video.

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"Well, this past week, I have gotten a bunch of DMs, messages, and texts about this photo," the lookalike, named Heather Shaw, said.

"To that, I say thank you. If you sent me a photo of Jim Carrey with long hair, thanks so much."

Shaw, a comedian from New York who performs her own stand-up shows and is already well known on social media for her uncanny resemblance to the actor, continued: "You know, did I need it in my life? Probably not. If I wanted to know what Jim Carrey looked like with long hair, I would just look in the mirror.

"Do you know what I mean?"

She went on: "Some people who sent me this photo are conspiracy theorists who are definitely not on their meds.

"They're pulling a real Kanye, they're saying things like 'This is him talking to you', 'This is his way to get through'."

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Despite her apparent annoyance at the situation, she has managed to make a joke out of it and cannot deny the striking similarities in looks that she shares with Carrey.

She finishes the video with a joke about if they were to meet: "Other people have said, 'have you and Jim met yet?' It's like no, we can't meet, the world will implode if we meet.

"If our faces go together like this, the world explodes. So you're welcome, I'm saving you."

Shaw has a big following of her own anyway though, boasting two and a half million followers on TikTok, with that particularly video already having over 160k likes on the social media app.