Jared's Secret Twin

March 5, 2009

It's no secret. I'll even shout it from the rooftops if you'd like me to. I'm a huge American Idol fan.

There's nothing, and I mean nothing, that I love more than sitting down on a Tuesday night, clicking over to Fox, and railing on some super skinny girl for singing like a sick goat who's high on cocaine. The ones with the flabby arms are even better--even when they can carry a tune.

I'll say it again...I love American Idol, and so far this season, I haven't missed one single episode.

Early on, during the first round of auditions, I very clearly remember this kid, Alex Wagner-Trugman:

As soon as his image popped onto my 19" television, I turned to my husband (pictured below) and said, "Gosh Jared, that kid reminds me of someone." My husband (still pictured below) nodded his head in agreement and said, "Me too, but I can't put my finger on it."

We continued to talk about this Alex character every time he appeared on the show. When his professional photo graced the screen two weeks ago, I had become more than frustrated. "Jared! Look at this picture! Who does he remind me of? I just can't place it!" And my husband (two pictures down) was like, "I don't know. But it a strange way, I think that kid is kind of good looking." And he shrugged and walked away.

Alex's supermodel face:

Jared's supermodel face:

Last night, when I logged onto facebook, I was really surprised to see quite a few wall conversations that chattered on about my husband.

They were like:

Nathan wrote on Ben's Wall

Dude, I know! Give that kid a Red Sox hat and a chiropractic table and Amy would never know the difference!

and

Molly wrote on Courtney's Wall

Spitting image of Jared! I mean, it's kind of freaky!

And then, I finally realized who they were all referring to when I can across this facebook post:

Berta wrote on Jared's Wall

Look Jared! You have a twin!

And she posted a picture of Alex Wagner-Trugman from American Idol.

So I looked at my husband:

And I looked at Alex:

And hot bananas! They were right! My husband looks a lot like Alex from American Idol...but with much better taste in shoes.

And then, when I was browsing around for photos of Alex this morning and came across the picture posted below, the deal was officially sealed--because Jared has an exceptionally weak bladder and is doing that exact same dance 99% of the time: