A Pokémon card seller was left gobsmacked when actor Dylan Sprouse and his wife, model Barbara Palvin, approached his booth at a card show in the US. Ola, who runs the account Blest Collects, was selling cards at Collect-A-Con when the couple stopped by to ask about specific items.
Celebrity Encounter at Card Show
Ola, who is from the UK, initially began telling the pair what a card they wanted was worth, but stopped in his tracks when he realised who he was talking to. Dylan, who rose to fame as a child actor with his twin brother Cole on the Disney series The Suite Life of Zack and Cody, was interested in a card depicting the Pokémon Snorlax and Eevee, but was mildly unimpressed when Ola pointed out the card had a crease down the middle.
Barbara, a former Victoria's Secret model, stuck around to shop at Ola's table, taking interest in a Greninja card he was selling for $225 (£167). Rather than hand over the cash, she traded some of her own cards worth a total of $200 (£148), then paid the rest in cash.
Fans React to the Couple's Hobby
Although Ola knew exactly who Dylan was, as he said in his video he "grew up" watching him on the Disney Channel, he was less familiar with Barbara and asked her name, leaving commenters horrified. One person said: "Asking Barbara for her name was lowkey crazy." Another added: "And you didn't know Mrs Barbara Sprouse?"
Commenters were also blown away that the couple genuinely collect Pokémon cards. Someone wrote: "I love that there is a Victoria's Secret model out there that collects and trades Pokémon cards with her husband." Another commented: "Okay, but can we talk about how normal they are? Like, yes, it's THE Dylan Sprouse and Barbara Sprouse, but like dude, come on, the fact that they totally went in on Pokémon? Just wow, how cool."
Previous Pokémon-Related Incident
Dylan and Barbara are well-documented Pokémon fans. Earlier this year, the couple were involved in a scary incident which saw a man trespass onto their property in LA. In July, Dylan told the Wildmen podcast that he had been opening Pokémon card packs with Barbara shortly before the incident occurred. After Barbara went to bed, he stayed downstairs playing video games and heard someone at his front door. He initially thought it was his dad coming over, before realising it was too late at night, and then believed someone was "trying to steal" their Pokémon cards.
The authorities were called, and the intruder was arrested, but Dylan insisted he "didn't press charges." He claimed the man "got in the slammer" because he had previous arrest warrants, and he even wants to have the man on his podcast in the future to talk about the incident.
