Don’t Buy Paste Magazine Hoping To Read About Conan O’Brien

…because, contrary to what I thought when I first saw it, that’s actually not him on the cover. It’s Tilda Swinton.

I’m not the first person to notice the resemblance — actually that was Conan, who joked about it in his final Tonight Show sayin that “when HBO makes a movie” about the Conan-Leno-NBC imbroglio, “I want to be played by Academy Award-winning actress Tilda Swinton.” Cue huge pic of Swinton, looking very Conan-like. Swinton, for her part, said she’d totally play Coco in that movie.

Compare and contrast:

What do you think? I swear I initially thought it was Conan on the cover. Ergo this post. You’re welcome.

Photos of Swinton/O’Brien from People.com.

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