【Women Without Innocence】

We've all been mistaken for someone,Women Without Innocence but a high-ranking White House staffer? That doesn't happen every day.

Busy Philipps, known for her roles in Freaks and Geeks,Dawson's Creekand White Chicks, was somehow mistaken for White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders. Democratic Coalition Chairman Jon Cooper wrote about Sanders on Thursday in a now deleted tweet—and featured a photo of Philipps in her role as Kim Kelly on Freaks and Geeks. Awkward.

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Philipps didn't waste any time shutting him down and responding with a series of all caps tweets, which is never a good sign.

Point blank: Philipps was not happy at all. Eventually it was brought to Cooper's attention and at first, he still wasn't convinced it was her and even pointed out his love for Cougar Town, but noticeably not Freaks and Geeks.

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Despite her response (filled with rage), she took a moment to point out the double standards when it comes to women in power.

Since then, he's deleted the tweet and apologized, but this whole experience brings up two good points.

1. Always double check your sources for images and

2. Freaks and Geekswas a great show and needs to be watched.


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