See that? I’m not the only one who confuses the blonde Catherines who ran DHEC

That's Catherine Templeton, not Catherine Heigel.

That’s Catherine Templeton, not Catherine Heigel.

I’m so glad I’m not the only one.

And then there's THIS one.

And then there’s THIS one.

Because if it were just me confusing the two young blonde women with the same given name who ran DHEC back-to-back, I’m sure I’d be accused of sexism or ageism blondeism or just being an all-around idiot. I’d be immediately ordered to show my papers and ‘check my privilege.’

But I’m not alone!

Today, The State ran a picture of Catherine Templeton and said it was Catherine Heigel.

That’s OK, folks. Perfectly understandable.

And let’s not even get into the fact that there’s a third one, Katherine Heigl, who is way more famous than either of these….

The actual Catherine Heigel.

The actual Catherine Heigel.

4 thoughts on “See that? I’m not the only one who confuses the blonde Catherines who ran DHEC

  1. Brad Warthen Post author

    Wow, y’all are NOT going to believe this. This stupid, goofball error I made fun of this morning — which none of y’all even thought worth commenting on — has now made NEWS:

    To her, this embarrassing little moment in a copyeditor’s life is deliberate! A conspiracy! A hatchet job! A torpedo to her inevitability! Before this, she had the election sewn up, but now a 4-pica cut has DONE HER IN!

    I read of this while trying to force myself to get through the SOTU. Just absurdity piled on absurdity…

    1. Brad Warthen Post author

      I couldn’t read past the first graf or so before hitting the Charleston paper’s pay wall. So I didn’t get to the part where she said she was just kidding.

      It’s in there, right?

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