To make it seem even shadier now that everyone saw it. Someone would have had to change their youtube name (you can have duplicate usernames right?), put in the right PFP (the one with the thin red X), and then change it back before anyone had a chance to look which was basically within 30 min IIRC (does youtube continue to show your channel under previous names?). It seems possible that this is just some well-executed op, but I think Ralph did it especially since when he was confronted he said it was the one without the red x and therefore a fake when it did indeed have the red x.