Let’s say you’re having a normal, perfectly fine day. You sit down, check Twitter — and see that someone you’ve never met has mistaken you for a young Sarah Huckabee Sanders. On Thursday, it happened to “Freaks and Geeks” actor Busy Phillips.
She reacted as one might expect.
“ARE YOU F—ING KIDDING ME? IS THIS A JOKE? THIS IS ME FROM FREAKS AND GEEKS. FAKE NEWS,” Phillips said at the beginning of a series of flabbergasted tweets. The actress added that she looks “NOTHING LIKE SARAH HUCKABEE SANDERS.”
We were thinking the same, Busy. Phillips’ ordeal began when anti-Trump activist Jon Cooper, the head of The Democratic Coalition, tweeted out a photo of Phillips as Kim Kelly in Judd Apatow’s cult hit “Freaks and Geeks.”
He said the White House press secretary and daughter of former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee “even looked habitually p—ed when she was a teenager!”
“I guess having @GovMikeHuckabee as your dad does that to you,” he added.
All of which forced Phillips to explain that is is in fact an actor, who was playing a role.
“WHAT IN THE ACTUAL -?!?????!!!!!” she asked. “I AM NEVER GETTING OVER THIS. I AM ACTUALLY DEAD NOW.”
Same.
Many other Twitter users also corrected Cooper. “Please please… don’t insult the amazing @Busyphilipps25 – SHS doesn’t hold a candle to her. This is so wrong,” one wrote.
“Wait…do you really think that’s a pic of @Busyphilipps25? She’s awesome! I loved her in Cougar Town!!” he responded, along with a heart emoij.
Phillips added that Cooper shouldn’t pick on a woman for how she looks, but “for the lies she tells.”
“I love women who look pissed off,” she said.
Preach, girl.
See the full Twitter drama below.
https://twitter.com/joncoopertweets/status/908413567522795521
https://twitter.com/lilshilo/status/908414793417142273
Wait…do you really think that's a pic of @Busyphilipps25? She's awesome! I loved her in Cougar Town!! ❤️
— Jon Cooper 🇺🇸 (@joncoopertweets) September 14, 2017
ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME? IS THIS A JOKE? THIS IS ME FROM FREAKS AND GEEKS. FAKE NEWS. https://t.co/3l8WVntlG3
— Busy Philipps (@BusyPhilipps) September 14, 2017
ALSO I LOOK NOTHING LIKE SARAH HUCKABEE SANDERS. WHAT IN THE ACTUAL -?!?????!!!!! https://t.co/3l8WVntlG3
— Busy Philipps (@BusyPhilipps) September 14, 2017
I AM NEVER GETTING OVER THIS. I AM ACTUALLY DEAD NOW https://t.co/3l8WVntlG3
— Busy Philipps (@BusyPhilipps) September 14, 2017
APPARENTLY NOT SINCE HE THINKS IM SARAH HUCKABEE SANDERS https://t.co/JQ9yDwZc0i
— Busy Philipps (@BusyPhilipps) September 14, 2017
ALSO. Pick on a woman for the insane lies she tells. Not cause she looks pissed off while telling them. I love women who look pissed off.
— Busy Philipps (@BusyPhilipps) September 14, 2017