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Steve Martin shared a comical hack for being recognizable while wearing a face covering. - On Saturday, Martin posted a now-viral tweet with a picture of him with sunglasses and a surgical face mask, as well as a handwritten piece of paper on his head that reads: "Steve Martin."
- "I always wear a mask when I go outside. But something about it was leaving me anxious and unsettled. I thought about the problem, addressed it, and here is the solution," Martin wrote.
- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that people wear cloth face coverings in public to help curb the spread of COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus.
Steve Martin has a comical solution for people who fear their
The "Cheaper by the Dozen" actor tweeted a picture of himself on Saturday showing off his concept, which has since gone viral and been shared some 50,000 times.
"I always wear a mask when I go outside. But something about it was leaving me anxious and unsettled. I thought about the problem, addressed it, and here is the solution," Martin wrote, sharing a picture of a handwritten sign on his head showing his name.
—Steve Martin (@SteveMartinToGo) September 12, 2020
"Star Trek" actor George Takei joked that he tried the method for himself, but "no one believed" he was Martin.
—George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) September 12, 2020
Kevin Bacon, who made a brief appearance alongside Martin in the 1987 movie "Planes, Trains and Automobiles," also had a response to Martin's face mask hack.
—Steve Martin (@SteveMartinToGo) September 12, 2020
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that people wear cloth face coverings in public to help curb the spread of COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. Plenty of
For example, in July, comedian Chelsea Handler shared a video of herself doing a workout while wearing a DIY sports bra made of two surgical face masks tied together. She went viral for the garment, which she said on Instagram was her way of urging people to "find a mask and put it on."
Some stars who attended recent socially distanced red-carpet events, like the MTV Video Music Awards and the Venice Film Festival, both earlier in September, matched their face masks to their outfits.
Actress Maya Hawke, who wore a rose-gold mask that coordinated with her metallic gown; Tilda Swinton, who walked the socially distanced red carpet holding a custom mask that looked more like a piece of art than a face covering; and Lady Gaga wore a different face mask for each of her VMAs performances.
To Martin's point about not being recognizable in public, face masks have apparently posed some unique challenges for
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