Ben Folds Talks about his Doppelganger, Merton the ChatRoulette Piano Guy

When Merton the Chatroulette Piano Guy joined the community last month, a large amount of people believed him to be musician Ben Folds from Ben Folds Five. Folds, in turn, started imitating Merton at concerts, uploading his “Odes to Merton” onto YouTube himself. Mashable recently sat down with Ben Folds via Skype to talk about Merton, Chat Roulette and whether he is, in fact, the man behind the mysterious hood.

After hearing this interview with Folds, I’m pretty sure that he and Merton are not the same person. Check out the interview below if you’re still not convinced, check out another interview I’m posting below also from mashable but with Merton himself.