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Did Rowan Atkinson, Barbra Streisand, Jon Bon Jovi and Stevie Nicks, and other celebrities all give the same speech to Mark Zuckerberg and a roomful of the rich and powerful on Dec. 20, 2025, saying "you are not creating change -- you are creating noise"? No, that's not true: Nearly identical stories mentioning those and other names were published by…

Did actor Morgan Freeman "mercilessly" lecture White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt on the topics of racism and inequality on live TV? No, that's not true: The story about the fictional TV-studio encounter was published by an anonymously registered website that listed no authors or publishers. Despite claims the encounter caused "a storm on social media" no actual media reported…

Did actor Morgan Freeman publicly thank Dr. Ben Carson for curing his dementia? No, that's not true: There's no reliable evidence or confirmed news reports indicating that the Academy Award winner has dementia or that Carson -- retired neurosurgeon and former Department of Housing and Urban Development secretary -- treated him for it. Additionally, there is no cure for dementia;…

Did actor Morgan Freeman make a video criticizing President Joe Biden for talking about ice cream? No, that's not true: This is a deepfake of Freeman. Someone has put on a filter that looks like Freeman's face while also trying to speak like him. The TikTok account that originally posted this video had "Celebrity Impressionist" in the bio. The claim…

The celebrity death hoax has long been a clickbait staple, but recently one network has taken it to extremes, using scores of websites to host its content and an automated army of bots to push the links into Facebook groups. Many Facebook users and group administrators have noticed a sharp increase in spam postings of false death hoaxes. Examples of…

Did actor Morgan Freeman announce after performing at the 2022 World Cup that he has converted to Islam? No, that's not true: There is no evidence that Freeman ever publicly confirmed that he converted to Islam. The claim appeared in a Facebook post published on November 23, 2022. The post's caption read: Morgan freeman converted to islamThe famouse hollywood actor#MorganFreeman…

Did actor Morgan Freeman tweet that whiteness "is a disease"? No, that's not true: That tweet was made by a film director also named Morgan Freeman, who professionally goes by Morgan J. Freeman. Additionally, there are no tweets on actor Morgan Freeman's Twitter account at the time of writing that mention "whiteness." The confusion began online after a tweet (archived…

Did actor Morgan Freeman call President Donald Trump "a bonafide sack of shit" on Twitter after not responding to yesterday's shooting in Jacksonville, Florida? No, that's not true. Trump indeed still hasn't made a public comment about the Jacksonville shooting but actor Morgan Freeman did not call him a "sack of shit" for his tardiness. The confusion stems from a…

Was actor Johnny Sins accused of sexual harrasment by eight women? No, that's not true, the story came from a satirical website that was spoofing recent sexual harrasment allegations made against Morgan Freeman. Most of what Sins was alleged to have done did indeed happen but it was all consensual because the man is a porn actor. The story came…

Notorious fake news website ActionNews3 is at it again, this time with a hoax (archived here) titled "Legendary Actor Kirk Douglas Dead, 4 Days Before His 101st Birthday". The story opened: News reports have confirmed that actor Kirk Douglas died of natural causes late this afternoon, Los Angeles coroners office reported. This was just 4 days before he would have…