As the real Jeff Bezos prepares to marry American journalist Lauren Sanchez, a German lookalike was followed by tourists and a camera crew around St Mark’s Square yesterday.
Cagdas Halicilar, 47, who goes by @jeffbezos1977on TikTok, left his transport company CB Transporte last year after friends joked about his uncanny resemblance to the Amazon boss.
“When I became an entrepreneur, my friends and acquaintances said to me that I looked like a billionaire,” Halicilar told online outlet What’s the Jam.
“I didn’t know what they meant by that until I was shown the picture of Jeff Bezos – some of my friends joked that he had cloned me.”
Now a full-time doppelgänger, he has since secured a role in the German Netflix series King of Stonks and also fooled star-struck Amazon employees when he walked through the business’ campus in one of his trips to Seattle.
Halicilar also deceived social media users following the glamour event, with one TikTok account posting a clip of the lookalike with the caption “Jeff Bezos Venice wedding.”
Viewers were quick to spot the fake, with one comment referring to “Jeff Bezos from Shein” and another calling the German “Jeff Bezos from Temu”.
Halicilar said the only thing he does to prepare for his role is regularly shave his head and apply Nivea cream.
“I don’t talk too much, I take pictures with everyone, thank them and then leave,” he said of his approach.
“Because Jeff Bezos also dresses casually, it doesn’t matter whether I’m wearing a suit or wearing jeans and a polo shirt.”
Cagdas Halicilar suns himself in Venice (Photo: Marco Bertorello/AFP/Getty)Halicilar was not one of the 200 invitees to the star-studded wedding, which saw Kim Kardashian, Bill Gates, Oprah Winfrey, Orlando Bloom, and Tom Brady arrive ahead of the event.
The pre-wedding bash at Chiesa della Madonna dell’Orto in the city’s Cannareggio quarter was abruptly stopped 45 minutes before midnight on Thursday due to torrential rain.
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The main ceremony is expected to take place later on Friday in spite of a heatwave which is sweeping across the northern and central regions of the country. The soirée is rumoured to be taking place on San Giorgio Maggiore island, which has been rented out exclusively for the day.
Celebrities have been spotted walking out and about before the duo say “I do” including Kris Jenner shopping near St Mark’s Square and Ivanka Trump and her family at a glass-blowing factory in Murano.
Not everyone has been thrilled about the slew of VIPs descending on Venice: one protestor group No Space for Bezos, projected “No Kings, No Bezos, No Oligarchs” on St Mark’s bell tower late last night. They are staging a protest on Saturday.
However, for Halicilar, looking like Bezos has only brought perks into his life — in his words he’s now able to travel the world and drink expensive whiskey.
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