Tony Hawk had to explain Margielyn Didal's funny caption to a reporter

It seems not everybody got the joke.

Skateboarding legend Tony Hawk had to explain to a reporter that Filipino Olympian Margielyn Didal was joking when she posted a funny caption alongside a picture of her and Hawk in Tokyo last week.

On Twtitter, Hawk narrated the conversation where he was asked about Didal.

"I was asked during an interview today: 'How does it feel to go to the Olympics and not be recognized by competing skaters, like Margielyn Didal?'" Hawk wrote.

I was asked during an interview today:
“How does it feel to go to the Olympics and not be recognized by competing skaters, like Margielyn Didal?” So I had to explain that she was joking with her caption. My life is weird. pic.twitter.com/RvNQSFy7jt

— Tony Hawk (@tonyhawk) July 31, 2021

The reporter was referring to a photo posted by Didal with Hawk, which the Filipina skateboarder wittily captioned, "This guy asked me to take a photo with him and I let him because he looks like Tony Hawk."

"So I had to explain that she was joking with her caption. My life is weird," Hawk continued.

On his Twitter account, Hawk is fond of posting about funny encounters with fans, including those who tell him he looks like Tony Hawk without realizing who he actually was.

Surfing in Hawaii, paddling out to the lineup. Guy paddling next to me: “anyone tell you that you look like Tony Hawk”
Me (thinking he knows the meme): “yes, but you’re the first today”
Him: “you should tell people you are and then sign his name, haha”
His friend: “he’s real one”

— Tony Hawk (@tonyhawk) February 28, 2021

At @Tillys with my daughter, waiting for her by dressing room, mask on.
Guy folding clothes nearby: “Anyone tell you that you look like Tony Hawk?”
me (looking over, expecting sarcasm but realizing he’s serious): you have no idea
him: That’s cool, he’s cool
me: thanks!
him: huh?

— Tony Hawk (@tonyhawk) August 12, 2020

At a drive-thru, waiting on my order, looking at phone. Guy at window: “you kinda look like Tony Hawk”
me (turning towards him, assuming he is in on the joke): “haha, cool”
Him (looking disappointed): “well, from the side you do. Here’s your food.”

— Tony Hawk (@tonyhawk) October 24, 2020

He has done this often enough that it has become a meme to do it as a joke, which is what Margielyn's caption was.

Three different people boarding this plane - in three different ways - have told me that I look like Tony Hawk as they walked by my seat. My wife turned to me after the last one and said “you started it”

— Tony Hawk (@tonyhawk) January 11, 2021

The Filipina skateboarder, who finished 7th in the finals of the women's street skate event, caught the attention of fans worldwide after her positive energy radiated at the tournament. She has since become meme-worthy in her own right.

This will be known as the "Margielyn Didal seal approval" ???????????????? pic.twitter.com/tWolMAQykq

— #Tokyo2020 (@Tokyo2020) July 26, 2021

Hawk, meanwhile, was in Tokyo as part of a broadcast panel from a US network covering the Summer Games.

—Justin Kenneth Carandang/JMB, GMA News