When priceless jewels vanished from the Louvre Museum in Paris this week, one person knew he’d have some explaining to do. Matt Bomer took to social media on Thursday with a cheeky declaration: “I would like to state for the record that I had nothing to do with the Louvre,” complete with a winking emoji that suggested otherwise.
The timing couldn’t have been more perfect. Just days after thieves pulled off what’s being called the heist of the century, the Fellow Travelers star found himself in the virtual hot seat. But here’s the thing—anyone who’s watched White Collar knows exactly why Bomer felt compelled to set the record straight.
For six glorious seasons, Bomer played Neal Caffrey, a suave con artist and art thief who specialized in exactly this kind of sophisticated crime. His character was known for pulling off impossible heists involving priceless art, making the Louvre connection almost too perfect to ignore.
The real-life heist itself reads like something straight out of White Collar‘s playbook. Thieves broke into the Louvre Museum on Sunday, smashing windows and display cases to steal eight bejeweled objects, including a diadem worn by Empress Eugénie, the wife of Napoleon III, along with necklaces made with royal emeralds and sapphires. The entire operation, which involved an electric ladder and a scooter getaway, took no more than seven minutes.
Naturally, Bomer’s former White Collar castmates couldn’t resist jumping into the fun. Tim DeKay, who played FBI agent Peter Burke, cheekily commented on the post, “Yeah, we’ll see about that, Caffrey…” The exchange instantly transported fans back to the beloved dynamic between the reformed con artist and his FBI handler.
Meanwhile, things got even more suspicious when Ross McCall, who played rival thief Matthew Keller on the show, entered the conversation. “But I might…” he wrote on Instagram, adding “Maybe I did…” in response to Bomer’s original post. Plot twist—McCall was actually in Paris around the time of the incident, having shared photos from the French capital just days before the heist.
The playful exchange has sent White Collar fans into a nostalgic frenzy, with many joking that Neal Caffrey might be the real mastermind behind the Louvre caper. Social media has been buzzing with theories, memes, and calls for a White Collar reboot centered around this very heist.
While French authorities investigate the actual crime with over 100 officers assigned to the case, the internet has already solved it in their minds. After all, if anyone could pull off a seven-minute heist involving imperial jewels, cherry pickers, and a clean getaway through the streets of Paris, it would be Neal Caffrey.
Sorry, Matt—your alibi might need a little more work than a winking emoji.
