Do People in DC Know House of Cards Is a TV Show?

After a weekend of people yelling, “Oh my god it’s Doug Stamper,” Michael Kelly, an actor on a TV show about a fake president, finally asked a group clamoring to take selfies with him at the Thomson/Reuters White House Correspondents Dinner pre-party if any of them knew his real name. One man, after checking his phone—probably for something unrelated—said yes.

Our man @jonah_green with Doug Stamper at #WHCD pic.twitter.com/cAIEyD7Ipm

— Dan Colarusso (@Colarusso42) April 30, 2016

Doug Stamper is mingling at the #WHCD. Schemes hatching. @HouseofCards theme tune playing (in my head).

— Pulkit Datta (@PulkitDatta) May 1, 2016

Top Santino aide @MattColeman123 getting tips at #WHCD last night from House of Cards' operative Doug Stamper. https://t.co/WCXD1k5563

— John Asbury (@johnasbury) May 1, 2016

Megyn Kelly and Doug Stamper together in one picture...can't handle this. https://t.co/6jCTIq1sHL

— Alexa Archambault (@AlexaArchamb) May 1, 2016

That time Doug Stamper crashed the @HPSInsight group shot @HouseofCards pic.twitter.com/DdFtKlEBSv

— Amber Marchand (@AmberMarchand) April 30, 2016

My man @kammumtaz chillin' with Doug Stamper #HouseOfCards pic.twitter.com/bJeuNT5eHb

— Jordan Stein (@JordanMStein) April 30, 2016

Great to run into Pres. Underwood's Chief of Staff, Doug Stamper AKA @michaeljkellyjr #HouseOfCards #CapitolHill pic.twitter.com/GCFYcsoFze

— Rep. Pete Olson (@RepPeteOlson) April 28, 2016