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This Doll Is Meant To Look Like Idris Elba, But It Does Not

"Gotta be Jafar with them eyebrows."

by Jared Richards  14 November 2018
Idris Elba

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After Idris Elba was finally named ‘Sexiest Man Alive’ by People Magazine last week, an English “fashion doll” company decided to jump on that sweet SEO bait and release a doll commemorating the occasion. Just one tiny, minuscule problem: it does not look like Idris Elba.

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According to the UK Independent, UK doll creators Emperis were selling the doll for £850 ($1,519): it has since been removed from their site, assumedly since it was being utterly rinsed online.

The face is just off. It is too gaunt, as if Elba had been bed-ridden for weeks — not of sickness, but of love loss, refusing to eat until I return home from the war.

His facial hair has been distorted into a cheap goatee, and his eyebrows overreach the face, lingering too large like an ominous cloud on a beautiful day.

Or, as one Twitter user pointed out, We Regret To Inform You That It Is Jafar:

Others saw a resemblance to a de-dragged RuPaul, or a weird hybrid of Elba and Weeds actor Romany Malco.

While it was the one photo that did the rounds on Twitter, Emperis’ Facebook page offers up two additional stunning photos. While you stare into Elba’s eyes, consider that Emperis describe his resin-made skin as having a “flesh-like feel”.

Idris Elba

We’re so sorry this had to happen.