Simu Liu Didn't Enjoy A Look-Alike Segment At The NBA All-Star Celebrity Game

A fan appeared alongside a picture of Liu on an arena video board and the "Shang-Chi" actor didn't agree with the comparison.
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Simu Liu remarked about the great time he had during the NBA All-Star Celebrity Game this weekend but one moment — a video board comparison of a photo of the actor with a shot of a fan who appeared to be of Asian descent — “wasn’t cool” with him.

Liu, who took part in the NBA All-Star Weekend event on Friday, shared his disapproval for the “celebrity look-alike cam” segment that occurred during the event in Salt Lake City.

Several Twitter users, including “Game of Thrones” actor Nathalie Emmanuel, later weighed in on a picture from the video board as one called out the segment for including a “random Asian dude” in the crowd.

Liu, in a follow-up tweet, clarified his feelings on the segment.

“To be perfectly clear the entire org and ops team surrounding all-star have been nothing but absolutely stellar to myself and all my friends,” Liu wrote.

“This was just one person with a camera. and no disrespect to my man in the videotron either! he’s gorgeous we just don’t look alike.”

Liu was one of a number of stars who took part in the NBA All-Star Celebrity Game along with Janelle Monáe and “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” personality Guillermo Rodriguez.

The “Shang-Chi” actor tweeted in 2019 that he was playing his way to the game and, on Friday, he sank an ill “4-point” shot attempt from deep during the event.

The NBA didn’t immediately respond to a HuffPost request for comment about the look-alike segment.

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