Kim Kardashian Tweet-Bombs Turkish Teen By Mistake: He’s An Overnight Celebrity, She’s Just Confused!


Kim Kardashian is responsible for the overnight celebrity status of Mert Alas. It goes without saying, according to Daily Mail, the 17-year-old Turkish teen doesn’t mind at all. In fact, he tagged her in a tweet of his own, to say “thank you.”

Mert’s name is identical to that of one of Kim’s friends who happens to be a fashion photographer. Blame the confusion on extremely similar Twitter handles.

Apparently, the confusion has to do with an uppercase “I” and a lowercase “l.” Notice how the two letters look almost identical? Unfortunately, Kim Kardashian, thinks they ARE identical. Hence, the mistake. The crazy thing about it is this. She’s been making the same faux pas for two years.

Back in February 2015, she shared a photo of herself and the photographer, tagging the teen. It was re-tweeted more than 1,000 times and resulted in the young man gaining an undisclosed number of followers.

Kardashian did the same thing in September 2015 and as recently as a few days ago. She is still none-the-wiser, even though the “wrong Mert” has responded several times. Once saying “I love you, baby” and another time, “You’re going to get me in trouble with your husband.”

Truth be told, Miley Cyrus is the one who started it all in 2014. She tweeted a photo from a magazine shoot, erroneously tagging the teen.

“Coming soon in ‘bed time portraits By @meralas & @macpiggott’ so xxxited check it out 2 see the real deal.”

Since that time, he’s had other celebrities tag him, as well, including Lady Gaga. Maybe the younger Alas should take up photography. What do you think?

The “wrong Mert” has done several interviews with Turkish media outlets since Kim Kardashian came into his life. He says he’s not bothered by his new-found fame. Before the confusion, he had 200 followers. Now, he has more than 1,500, which ironically is substantially more than the photographer.

If you’re a die-hard Kim Kardashian fan, you probably know how active she is on all of the popular social media platforms, including Twitter. As Digital Spy explains, in addition to tweeting about her favorite fashion photographer, Kim recently posted a selfie that included her doppelganger.

As previously reported by The Inquisitr, Kardashian met her double, Kamilla Osman, who will be making an appearance on KUWTK later this year. Interestingly enough, the Toronto-based fashion blogger (who does bear an uncanny resemblance to Mrs. West) hasn’t had any surgery done to accomplish the feat.

Kim is also notorious for tweeting (and posting nude selfies) in regard to her recent weight loss. Of course, there’s nothing wrong with being proud of how you look. However, many people feel as though she takes it way too far.

What do you think about Kim Kardashian’s Twitter mix-up? Quite honestly, for someone who relies on the Internet so much, you’d think she would learn the proper way to tag someone. Don’t you think?

If she continues to make the same mistake, over and over again, young Mert Alas has a good chance of becoming more popular than he is already. So far, no one is taking bets when it comes to how long it will be before Kim Kardashian discovers she’s been tagging the wrong Mert all this time. Hopefully, after the attention she receives today, she’ll figure it out!

[Photo by Jason Merritt/Getty Images]

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