Famous People It Took Me Way Too Long To Realize Are Not the Same Person

Pamela des Barres & Pattie Boyd: I thought that one woman had just slept with a whole lotta rockstars. No judgement; I respected her.

2. Alan Arkin & Alan Alda: One seems grumpier than the other, but I can never remember which one that is.

3. Nancy Mitford & Nancy Milford: I always assumed the cover of the the Zelda biography contained an embarrassing typo.

4. Poppy de Villeneuve & Plum Sykes: Both sound like characters in a children’s book written by Madonna.

5. Francine Prose & Francine Pascal: “Hey everybody! The lady who wrote the Sweet Valley High Books just made the switch to literary fiction!”

6. Jenny McCarthy & Jennie Garth

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7. Lana Turner & Lauren Bacall: Don’t tell Anne Helen Peterson about this.

BONUS:
People it Took Me Way Too Long To Realize Are the Same Person

1. Veronica Lodge and “Ronnie” from Archie Comics

Previously: Everything You Knew Is A Lie: A List of Celebrities Who Have Been Lying to You