The Big Apple hosted its latest lookalike contest after celebrating Timothée Chalamet and Harry Styles doppelgängers.
The latest competition was held on Sunday in Washington Square Park, as hundreds of New Yorkers gathered to crown the best John F Kennedy Jr lookalike.
The event follows the whirlwind TV series Love Story which premiered in February.
The series explores the saucy sex life of JFK Jr and his marriage to Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy.
A flyer called on participants to enter the contest and win a $250 prize, along with bragging rights for being crowned the ‘biggest hunk.’
Video footage showed massive crowds swarming around the contestants. As the footage cuts to different angles, the crowd goes wild for the winning contestant.
The ‘biggest hunk’ sported blackout shades and a backward hat, along with a tank top, shorts, and bright orange rollerblades.
Despite the influx of people attending, however, the crowd was mostly underwhelmed by the quality of the lookalikes.
John F Kennedy Jr lookalike contest in Washington Square Park on Sunday
The winner, crowned ‘the biggest hunk,’ holds up a shirt as he also won a $250 prize
JFK Jr pictured in 1979, many contest goers were not pleased with the contestants’ appearances
Spectators bashed the contestants on social media, calling them ‘chopped’ and ‘terrible.’
‘Lowkey a chop,’ one user who attended the contest bashed on X.
‘Slimmest of pickings,’ another replied with many agreeing, saying the choices were ‘just lazy.’
‘Not even close! JFK Jr. is not comparable to any guy!’ another wrote on Facebook.
One X user joked about the late JFK Jr, writing: ‘I hope he haunts them all tonight.’
This comes after the show’s premiere sparked a wave of backlash and support from fans — including from Jack Schlossberg, nephew of JFK Jr.
During the show’s filming, 33-year-old Schlossberg publicly denounced its creation on Instagram, calling it a ‘grotesque way to profit’ off his uncle’s life.
Flyer of the lookalike competition that was held in Washington Square Park
The winner, balancing on his rollerblades, receiving the first place win as the other lookalikes smile and applaud
One participant in the contest, many spectators called the lookalikes’ ‘chopped’ and ‘terrible’
The contest was swift, as previous contests have been thrown out of the park for no permits
Hundreds of people swarmed the park to attend the lookalike contest on Sunday
John F Kennedy Jr pictured with his wife, Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy, in 1995
Executive producer Brad Simpson has since responded to the ‘grotesque’ claims, in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter.
Simpson said the creators must consider their ‘ethical obligation’ to the family and approach the show with ‘love and kindness.’
‘What I hope is that when people watch the show, they will see our sincerity.
‘They will see that we’ve approached this with love, and that we were trying to celebrate the life of Carolyn Bessette and JFK Jr,’ he told the outlet.
