Everyone is collectively squinting at their screens right now, because there’s a guy on TikTok who looks EXACTLY like Kevin James . . . and not in the “my friend says I look like Chris Pratt if you tilt your head” kind of way.
This art teacher, named Matt Taylor, could walk into a “King of Queens” reboot tomorrow and no one would blink.
Matt’s first TikTok dropped on the 15th, and since then he’s posted a few more, each one making the mystery even juicier. The voice? Spot-on. The delivery? Uncannily Kevin James-ish. He’s even got an Instagram, but here’s where it gets weird: he only follows one person: Ed Sheeran. Because… why not, right?
Naturally, fans have theories.
Maybe Matt Taylor is just a regular art teacher with an unfortunate (or very fortunate) case of celebrity doppelgänger face. But others think there’s something more Hollywood happening here.
Why? Because Kevin James just so happens to have a new movie coming out in February called “Solo Mio”. And, you guessed it, he plays a guy named Matt. In the movie, his character gets left at the altar in Rome and decides to go on his honeymoon alone, discovering himself and Italy in the process. No mention of teaching art, though, unless painting landscapes counts.
So is TikTok’s Matt Taylor actually Kevin James in disguise, doing a little viral marketing before the movie drops? The timing feels too perfect. But until someone catches both men in the same frame, the debate lives on.
One thing’s for sure: if this is Kevin, he’s pulling off the most wholesome celebrity undercover act. And if it’s not? Well, give that art teacher an agent.
(You can check out all of Matt Taylor’s TikToks here and decide for yourself.)