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Amanda Bynes Claims She Has a Redheaded Impostor: Picture

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Amanda Bynes with red hair and wearing slippers in New York City on April 1, 2013.Splash News

Is the red-haired Amanda Bynes spotted in New York City actually a red herring? On Tuesday, April 2 — one day before Bynes' 27th birthday — a woman who appeared to be the What I Like About You actress was photographed walking around Manhattan with dyed magenta hair. (The woman in question had the former Nickelodeon star's cheek piercings, sunglasses, lips, and jewelry — including a red and silver ring that the "real Bynes" wears on her right hand.)

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Bynes made headlines for the edgy new look, but in a strange turn of events, she later claimed that she was not the person in the snapshots. "My hair is blonde, I've never been a redhead!" she said in a tweet that has since been deleted. "Somebody keeps posing as me! Check my photos on Twitter for up to date pictures!"

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A second tweet (also since deleted) pointed to the alleged impostor's gray sweatshirt, black sweatpants, socks, and sandals as evidence of fraud. "Fake or real microdermals, same glasses! I don't own those clothes and I'm blonde! Haha!" she wrote.

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The curious incident occurred on the same day Bynes was a no-show at a court hearing for her suspended license case. (She also faces separate charges in a hit-and-run.) It followed an outing last week in which the starlet walked around Times Square with a shirt over her head.

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