'CAN'T! STOP! LAUGHING!' CNN host says he was mistaken for Ben Carson [photo]

CNN correspondent and “New Day Weekend” co-host Victor Blackwell was just minding his own business when this apparently happened:

Man just bolted across a Des Moines coffee shop – to shake my hand and say 'It's an honor to meet you, Dr. Carson!' pic.twitter.com/oEHtQAZkmk

— Victor Blackwell CNN (@VictorBlackwell) January 28, 2016

Whoops!

https://twitter.com/Pasunepomme/status/692788909529513984

Bwahahahahahahahaha https://t.co/EMp0c147iJ

— Rusty Shackleford (@Spencerj05) January 28, 2016

CANT! STOP! LAUGHING!!!! @VictorCNN @daveweigel pic.twitter.com/2yqHDGU0Lj

— Liza Sabater ????? (@blogdiva) January 28, 2016

lol too funny https://t.co/yxcJ6LBVi4

— #NotMyPresident(Resist)?️‍? (@BVGamble) January 28, 2016

Could you imagine? ??? https://t.co/17LvBz0zAH

— JOB_VI (@JOB_VI) January 28, 2016

Please tell us you rolled with it. https://t.co/YfhIuy5VSE

— Mollie (@MZHemingway) January 28, 2016

@VictorCNN That's awesome! You should run for President – fool them all

— Great And Unmatched Wisdomator (@FairwaysOfLife) January 28, 2016

https://twitter.com/GOPcomedy/status/692787587384213505

https://twitter.com/DavidJohnGarth/status/692786635881213952

@VictorCNN ummm…*slightly* similar facial hair. That's it. Yikes.

— IsaJennie (@IsaJennie) January 28, 2016

Oh, dear. https://t.co/srkDFd4J0V

— catherine (@cornbeltcat) January 28, 2016

@VictorCNN @ErikWemple …oof

— JD Bender (@BluthX) January 28, 2016

@VictorCNN @thewayoftheid pic.twitter.com/6UT8YZEJe8

— Abel Undercity, Keeper of the Stuffing (@AbelUndercity) January 28, 2016

Silver lining?

@VictorCNN @daveweigel I suppose that's better than asking you to do one more season of Key & Peele.

— ThanksJohning (@jermsguy) January 28, 2016