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  • Fact Check: AI Video Of Beyoncé Announcing She Would Be Covering Expenses Of Renee Good's Children Is NOT Real -- No Such Announcement

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    Did singer Beyoncé Knowles announce she would be covering the expenses of Renee Good's children until they were adults? No, that's not true: The viral video apparently showing that was labeled as AI generated by the TikTok account that posted it. Beyoncé's actual social media accounts and those of her charitable foundation have not made any mention of the Minneapolis…

    • Jan 11, 2026
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fact Check: AI Video Of Beyoncé Announcing She Would Be Covering Expenses Of Renee Good's Children Is NOT Real -- No Such Announcement AI Video
  • Fact Check: Manipulated Photo Shows Beyonce Wearing Israeli Flag And Star Of David -- Likely Edited With AI

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    Does a viral photo authentically show Beyonce wearing a tank top with a Star of David while having an Israeli flag draped over her arms? No, that's not true: The image has been digitally manipulated based on an older original. The original picture shows no such tank top and shows red, white and blue tassels hanging from the singer's arms.…

    • Jul 13, 2025
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fact Check: Manipulated Photo Shows Beyonce Wearing Israeli Flag And Star Of David -- Likely Edited With AI Manipulated
  • Fact Check: Kamala Harris Campaign Did NOT Illegally Pay Beyoncé $200,000 For A Campaign Rally Appearance -- Satire Site Posted Claim As Troll Bait

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    Did a legitimate news report reveal the Kamala Harris presidential campaign was making an illegal $200,000 payment for travel expenses to music mogul Beyoncé for appearing at a campaign rally in 2024? No, that's not true: A satire site created that story to trick conservatives into sharing it as real. Campaign finance documents on file show no such payment to…

    • May 19, 2025
    • by: Dean Miller
    Fact Check: Kamala Harris Campaign Did NOT Illegally Pay Beyoncé $200,000 For A Campaign Rally Appearance -- Satire Site Posted Claim As Troll Bait Satire
  • Fact Check: Beyoncé Did NOT Announce Relocation To Italy Because Of Elon Musk -- Made-Up, AI-Written Story

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    Did Beyoncé publicly confirm she will move to Italy because she can't "breathe the same air as Elon Musk"? No, that's not true: An AI generated viral article reused a fake quote previously attributed to Oprah Winfrey in another false story. Neither credible media outlets nor the singer's official pages discussed the purported relocation as of March 26, 2025. The…

    • Mar 26, 2025
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Beyoncé Did NOT Announce Relocation To Italy Because Of Elon Musk -- Made-Up, AI-Written Story AI Generated
  • Fact Check: Clickbait Story About Chris Stapleton Filing Official Objection To Beyoncé Grammy Win Is Baseless

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    Is a viral article claiming country singer Chris Stapleton filed an official objection to Beyoncé winning a Grammy based on actual news events? No, that's not true: There is no record of Stapleton saying "Eveп she admits this is пot a coυпtry albυm." as the story claimed. Stapleton's social media profiles and website do not mention any such objection and…

    • Feb 18, 2025
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fact Check: Clickbait Story About Chris Stapleton Filing Official Objection To Beyoncé Grammy Win Is Baseless Clickbait
  • Fact Check: Travis Kelce Did NOT Announce He Would Leave X, Call The Platform A 'Hate Machine'

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    Did NFL player Travis Kelce publicly say he would leave X, calling the platform a "hate machine" and "toxic waste dump"? No, that's not true: As of November 24, 2024, Kelce's account was still on the platform. An advanced search on X did not return any posts supporting his supposed description of the platform. There are no credible reports that…

    • Nov 25, 2024
    • by: Christiana Dillard
    Fact Check: Travis Kelce Did NOT Announce He Would Leave X, Call The Platform A 'Hate Machine' Fake Quotes
  • Fact Check: Beyoncé Did NOT Say She Wouldn't Perform In Red States -- Story Originated From Site With Satire Label

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    Did Beyoncé declare she would no longer perform in "red states," meaning states that went for President-elect Donald Trump? No, that's not true: This comes from a website that publishes fake stories about famous people. The site describes itself as satire, and the original article was clearly labeled as satire. The claim appeared in a post (archived here) on Facebook…

    • Nov 12, 2024
    • by: Lead Stories Staff
    Fact Check: Beyoncé Did NOT Say She Wouldn't Perform In Red States -- Story Originated From Site With Satire Label Satire Label
  • Fact Check: NO Evidence Kamala Harris Campaign Paid Beyoncé $10 Million To Attend Harris Rally

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    Did Kamala Harris' presidential campaign pay superstar Beyoncé $10 million to attend a Harris rally in Houston? No, that's not true: No public evidence exists to support this claim. The Federal Elections Commission's most recent records do not show that the Harris campaign paid Beyoncé for appearing at the rally. A campaign finance expert told Lead Stories he did not…

    • Oct 30, 2024
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: NO Evidence Kamala Harris Campaign Paid Beyoncé $10 Million To Attend Harris Rally No Records
  • Fact Check: 5 Celebrities Did NOT Flee US After Sean 'Diddy' Combs' Arrest

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    Did "5 celebrities" -- Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lopez, celebrity couple Beyoncé Knowles and Jay Z Carter, Kanye West and Usher Raymond -- flee the United States after Sean "Diddy" Combs' arrest on sex crimes charges in September 2024? No, that's not true: News reports with photographs and social media posts show DiCaprio, Lopez, Knowles, Carter and Raymond all were in…

    • Oct 21, 2024
    • by: Alexis Tereszcuk
    Fact Check: 5 Celebrities Did NOT Flee US After Sean 'Diddy' Combs' Arrest Pics Prove No
  • Fact Check: Video Of Madonna, Beyonce, Britney Spears Supposedly Performing Satanic Rituals Is NOT Authentic -- It's AI

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    Does a viral video prove that Britney Spears, Madonna, Beyonce and other celebrities have performed satanic rituals? No, that's not true: The video was made up of still images generated by AI, according to AI detectors. The images contained multiple distortions in the hands and legs of those stars the pictures supposedly portrayed. The claim, an old one, resurfaced in…

    • Sep 27, 2024
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Video Of Madonna, Beyonce, Britney Spears Supposedly Performing Satanic Rituals Is NOT Authentic -- It's AI AI Generated
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