the times of london emailed a guy named bill de blasio who is not THE bill de blasio. the guy clearly thought it would be hilarious to respond with shit BDB would never say and then the times RAN THE STORY. this is so fucking funny. bill de blasio 2, you are a legend
Max Tani @maxwelltani
Oct 29
New: Turns out the Times of London reporter who wrote the since-retracted Bill de Blasio story accidentally emailed the wrong Bill de Blasio, I'm told semafor.com/article/10/29/20…

Oct 29, 2025 · 8:34 PM UTC

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even in Europe you can't escape Bari Weiss
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Reminiscent of Four Seasons Total Landscaping
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If I were that guy, I would have tried to insert a subtle groundhog reference into the quote as a calling card
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"ah shit I left my address book at home...eh let's just go with billdeblasio@gmail.com"
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Hi, I'm a reporter for the Times of London investigating the man who's been sleeping with my wife. I don't know his name but he goes by "hermano". My brother and I have been looking for him for two weeks now, no luck, but when I catch him it's on sight.
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bill de Blasio 2 for Mayor!
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T #𒂼𒄄 🏴 (**not** brown backpack guy)
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here is the full hard-hitting journoalistic piece (now deleted)
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BDB? @BigDickBull69
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wow @BigDickBull69 doxxed as the former mayor of NY??
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Hold up though do we know he is named that? That’s even funnier but I thought he pretended and the morons at the paper just went with it
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Reminds me of that guy who found himself in a live TV studio interview despite only being there to apply for some minor job or something, and then ran with it and did the interview
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Reminds me of the time my friend James Lovell was phoned and asked to give a speech at Oxford. "Do you want me to give a talk about PR?" enquired James "I have some funny stories about my time as the Chicken Tonight chicken." "Wait, you're not THE ASTRONAUT James Lovell?"
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He should've been looking for Warren Wilhelm Jr.
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Bill Dos Blasio
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He’s the real bill de blasio now.
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Reminds me of this:
Ken Jennings
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My inbox has been swamped since Jeopardy but it turns out my email address is similar to a guy in Ireland and a LOT of the mail is updates on this situation.
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I store names for every contact in my phone. If it’s a person I need to know is legit, they get added as a name with phone, email, address, even a photo if I can find it. I cannot believe a journalist for the damn Times at London isn’t as smart as ME.
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The current Editor of @thetimes is @tonygallagher … who was previously the Editor of Murdoch’s @TheSun … Just saying …
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This is 100% on the pretend journalist. Maybe they should’ve done their job properly and they wouldn’t have been trolled so easily.
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“DeBlasio” btw. It’s a technically different name, which is why in jest he said he’s the “real Bill DeBlasio” Kind of funny this is going largely unnoticed in the comments
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Few outside the US have ever heard the names Bill de Blasio or Zohran Mamdani, so he could have saved himself trouble and just invented the whole controversy I'm still not convinced Mamdani really exists, this is just a joke on X right?
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He dropped the groundhog too.
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What's extra-funny is that "de Blasio" is not the actual last name of the former mayor.
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Ok but with a joke like that he deserves the no. 1 Bill De Blasio spot
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Remember this next time you read any media headline/article that references ‘experts say’!!!!
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Hilarious! To me he is Bill de Blasio 1.
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Such an awesome story! Oh, to be that guy: It's The Times, not "The Times of London"
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thecut.com/article/bill-de-b…

The Bill de Blasio Impersonator Says He’s Innocent

A Times of London reporter emailed the wrong Bill for his take on Zohran Mamdani, and the man who replied had a lot to say.

thecut.com
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The quality of reporting is dire
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This helps renew my faith in people.
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Hilarious.
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can't ignore the Bari Weiss angle here
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They’re lying. How is he going to have another Bill’s email? This was a made up story. Stop believing their BS. @thetimes
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😂😂😂
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British journalists are the butt joke of the world.
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