First, it was a doppelgänger of the late Lee Kuan Yew; now, a Gen Z lookalike of Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Lawrence Wong has gone viral on social media.
A Singaporean TikTok user named Cyrus easily morphs into a photo of Mr Wong because of their striking resemblance.
It has been about two months since the teenager has been morphing (a TikTok shapeshift effect that transforms a person’s face into their alleged celebrity or prominent person lookalike) into Mr Wong, in hopes of the minister finally noticing him.
Needless to say, the bespectacled teen does look like Mr Wong; hence he has been dubbed the “Lawrence Wong Gen Z version.”
In one of Cyrus’ latest videos, netizens began poking fun that he was the long-lost son of Mr Wong.
“@lawrencewongst bro…is this your son?” asked TikTok user @junee.
Many also took the time to make requests, such as “can reduce GST (Goods and Services Tax) and petrol price” or “sir, can increase budget for 2022?”
So how much does Cyrus look like Mr Wong? Here are a few comparisons.
It appears that Mr Wong might have caught wind of Cyrus’ efforts because he uploaded a video on TikTok revealing how he looked like while he was in Secondary 4.
“I understand some on TikTok have done #morphing videos of me. So here’s one from my social media team,” said Mr Wong.
According to an article by Sunway, the chances of someone looking exactly like someone they’re not related to is about one in one trillion.
“There’s definitely a mathematical chance for two doppelgängers to exist, but it’s highly unlikely,” said University of Adelaide biologist Teghan Lucas who conducted a study on the doppelgänger occurrence.
“The human face is extraordinarily unique. I mean think about it. The chance has to be quite low otherwise, you would be bumping into people who looked like you all the time, and you don’t,” added Sir Walter Bodmer, a professor of human genetics from the University of Oxford./TISG
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