{"id":514095,"date":"2026-03-02T15:21:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T15:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/514095\/"},"modified":"2026-03-02T15:21:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T15:21:10","slug":"drag-artist-claims-they-were-behind-jim-carreys-unrecognisable-appearance-that-divided-internet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/514095\/","title":{"rendered":"Drag artist claims they were behind Jim Carrey\u2019s ‘unrecognisable’ appearance that divided internet"},"content":{"rendered":"

A drag artist has claimed responsibility for Jim Carrey’s viral appearance at the Cesar Film Awards ceremony in Paris<\/a> last week.<\/p>\n

Carrey, 64, attended the star-studded event with his daughter<\/a> Jane, grandson Jackson and girlfriend<\/a> Mina on Thursday (26 February), where he was bestowed a Cesar d’honneur accolade, in recognition of his impressive acting career<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It wasn’t the Canadian<\/a>-American actor’s award win, however – nor his acceptance speech, delivered entirely in French with a thick American accent – that set tongues wagging on the night. It was his appearance.<\/a><\/p>\n

The public outing marked the first for Carrey<\/a> since November of last year, and he was seen sporting a considerably longer hairstyle<\/a> than his long-standing fans have been accustomed to.<\/p>\n

\"Carrey'sCarrey’s appearance prompted something of a conspiracy theory (Aurore Marechal\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

The unexpected change-up kick-started what became something of a viral conspiracy theory that The Mask<\/a> actor had been ‘swapped out’ for someone else. Some eagle-eyed theorists even claimed his eye colour had changed.<\/p>\n

“Is that actually him?” one asked, before another replied, “I don\u2019t know what it is, but he looks different.”<\/p>\n

Others defended the Hollywood<\/a> veteran amid the speculation, with one fan gushing: “We love to see Jim this happy and at peace.”<\/p>\n

Another noted: “He’s looking good.”<\/p>\n

\"CarreyCarrey previously donned a much shorter hairdo (SGranitz\/WireImage)<\/p>\n

It didn’t take long before the online debate reached the ears of drag artist and prosthetics professional, Alexis Stone, who later claimed they were behind Carrey’s controversial look the whole time.<\/p>\n

For those unfamiliar with Stone, they’re a British<\/a> make-up<\/a> artist whose artistry allows them to impersonate some of the world’s biggest stars using clay, paint and prosthetics. With a staggering 1.3 million followers on Instagram, they’re constantly in the headlines for their indistinguishable celebrity looks.<\/p>\n

Recently, Stone attended a Balenciaga fashion<\/a> show in Paris<\/a> looking the spitting image of Jack Nicholson, and days earlier, rocked up to a Jean Paul Gaultier event as Lana Del Ray.<\/a><\/p>\n

\"StoneStone is a celebrity impersonator and drag artist (Instagram\/@thealexisstone)<\/p>\n

Taking to Instagram on Sunday (1 Mar), however, they shared a series of snaps showing Carrey attending this year’s Cesar Film Awards, followed by what appears to be an AI-generated image of an entire head mask – complete with eye, nostril and mouth holes – and a set of false teeth.<\/p>\n

“Alexis Stone as Jim Carrey in Paris,” they teased in the caption.<\/p>\n

Though many of the artist’s long-time fans were able to wrap their heads around the joke being made, for some others, it seems to have flown right over their heads.<\/p>\n

\"StoneStone claimed they were behind the look (Instagram\/@thealexisstone)<\/p>\n

“I can\u2019t handle any more stress right now i need to know if this is real,” one demanded.<\/p>\n

Another added: “I need video evidence immediately.”<\/p>\n

“I\u2019m so f*cking confused with the internet right now,” a third confessed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A drag artist has claimed responsibility for Jim Carrey’s viral appearance at the Cesar Film Awards ceremony in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":514096,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[64,63,2065,447,480,134,3780],"class_list":["post-514095","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-canada","tag-celebrities","tag-celebrity","tag-entertainment","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514095","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=514095"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514095\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/514096"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=514095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=514095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=514095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}