After the first encounter, the realization kicked in for Shawn McCormick. ‘If more people think I’m him, I’m going to be in trouble’
For Shawn McCormick, 54, an Ottawa software executive visiting his son studying in Australia, last week was not an ideal time to be a near perfect lookalike for Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, 51.
So did McCormick. He had been touring the Gold Coast, drawing double takes and lingering glances. One restaurant server even brought out the cook so he would not miss the opportunity to pretend to direct some choice swear words at the prime minister. These things happen from time-to-time, and only more so in the age of the selfie. Newspapers still thrill to the “Separated at birth” headline. Justin Trudeau’s massive initial global popularity as a handsome, young national leader encouraged a spate of doppelganger sightings around the world, including Jesse Klaver, a Dutch environmentalist politician, and Abdul Salam Maftoon, a singer competing on the Afghan Star variety show.
But McCormick’s story was not a joke. It was not even particularly funny until Keiran decidedly to proactively solve the problem.
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