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Orlando Jones is NOT Tyler James Williams's Father! (Just in Case You Need to Know)

If you were wondering, the actor has officially and hilariously set the record straight.
Orlando Jones is NOT Tyler James Williams's Father! (Just in Case You Need to Know)
Orlando Jones and Tyler James Williams
By Lauren Porter · Updated October 27, 2020
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The resemblance between actors Orlando Jones and Tyler James Williams is not hard to notice.

The rise in popularity of the photo generated “game” Celebslike.me, which matches photo matches people with their celeb look-a-like, questions arose about the possible paternal relationship between the Sleepy Hollow and Everybody Hates Chris stars.

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When accusations went a little too far, Jones took to twitter to hilariously clarify that he is indeed not Williams’s father.

My friend? Yes. My colleague? Sure. NOT my son. And until someone can prove otherwise y’all need to STAHP!! pic.twitter.com/MlFX5k9DcV

— Orlando Jones (@TheOrlandoJones) April 8, 2016

TFW folks be claiming you as kin & asking for back child support pic.twitter.com/jUdIlYzwtE

— Orlando Jones (@TheOrlandoJones) April 8, 2016

Celeb matches in mentions like ” nuh uh! This got me fucked up!”

No it don’t. We prolly family. Bring potato salad to the next cookout

— Tyler James Williams (@TylerJamesWill) April 8, 2016

The laughs didn’t stop there either.

When Jones did his own fellow celeb match, the comparison’s were so priceless he had to change his Twitter bio saying he was, “Not the little boy from Everybody Hates Chris. Not Solange Knowles. Not Orlando Bloom. Not Juwanna Mann. Not Jeff Goldblum in blackface. Not Mos Def.”

We needed this Monday chuckle. Thank you Tyler James Williams’s dad—we mean, Mr. Jones.