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  • Fact Check: Slop Story About Permanent Home For Woman Working Part Time At 85 Is Bogus -- No Celebrity Donations

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    Did Keanu Reeves, Clint Black, Billy Joel and other celebrities suddenly all discover that a woman who once cared for them was still working part time at 85 to pay her rent? No, that's not true: The sob story about all of them "stepping in" and donating a "permanent home" and "financial support" was made up by a network of…

    • Mar 15, 2026
    • by: Maarten Schenk
    Fact Check: Slop Story About Permanent Home For Woman Working Part Time At 85 Is Bogus -- No Celebrity Donations Vietspam
  • Fact Check: Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce, Bono Or Your Favorite Celeb Did NOT Donate $5 Million To Help Iran Elementary School Destroyed In Airstrike

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    Did Neil Diamond, Eminem, Coco Gauff or any of a long list of celebrities donate $5 million to provide emergency relief and medical aid following the tragic elementary school strike in southern Iran? No, that's not true: The false claim that at least 20 sports, entertainment and political celebs made such contributions was created and distributed by a spam factory…

    • Mar 1, 2026
    • by: Alan Duke
    Fact Check: Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce, Bono Or Your Favorite Celeb Did NOT Donate $5 Million To Help Iran Elementary School Destroyed In Airstrike Viet Spam
  • Fact Check: Swift and Kelce Did NOT Announce On Livestream They Are Spending $250 Million To Uncover Truth In Giuffre Case -- Foreign Clickbait

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    Did Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift announce on a livestream that they are spending $250 million to find the truth in the Virginia Giuffre case? No, that's not true: Neither the celebrity couple nor news organizations said anything about it. The claim was promoted by overseas-based pages that publish made-up stories to drive traffic-based ad revenue. The claim appeared in…

    • Feb 18, 2026
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Swift and Kelce Did NOT Announce On Livestream They Are Spending $250 Million To Uncover Truth In Giuffre Case -- Foreign Clickbait No Reports
  • Fact Check: Jon Stewart, Willie Nelson, Taylor Swift, Dolly Parton And A Dozen Other Celebs Did NOT Call Donald Trump A 'Vicious Old Bastard Draining America's Soul'

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    Did Travis Kelce, Jelly Roll, Bruce Springsteen, Caitlin Clark and a 12 other celebrities say that President Trump was "a vicious old bastard draining America's soul after the Born-in-America Act"? No, that's not true: The claim that at least 17 different sports stars and entertainers made that identical statement was made up by a Vietnamese-based spam factory that uses artificial…

    • Jan 20, 2026
    • by: Alan Duke
    Fact Check: Jon Stewart, Willie Nelson, Taylor Swift, Dolly Parton And A Dozen Other Celebs Did NOT Call Donald Trump A 'Vicious Old Bastard Draining America's Soul' Viet Spam
  • Fact Check: Clickbait Story About Diner Bought By Springsteen, Cher, Joni Mitchell And Other Celebrities To Feed 120 Homeless Every Day Is NOT Real - Vietnam Spam

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    Did Bruce Springsteen, Cher, Joni Mitchell and dozens of other celebrities each buy the small diner where they ate for free while struggling and now feed free meals to 120 homeless people every day? No, that's not true: 54 virtually identical stories mentioning those and other names were published by a network of foreign websites and Facebook pages. There were…

    • Jan 13, 2026
    • by: Dean Miller
    Fact Check:  Clickbait Story About Diner Bought By Springsteen, Cher, Joni Mitchell And Other Celebrities To Feed 120 Homeless Every Day Is NOT Real - Vietnam Spam Factory Fakes
  • Fact Check: Fake Posts About '100% Free Community Health Center' Opened By Eminem, Kid Rock, Other Celebs NOT Real -- Foreign Clickbait

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    Did Eminem, Kid Rock, Chris Stapleton, Dolly Parton, Taylor Swift or other celebrities stand for photos of themselves and supporters opening "America's first 100% free community health center"? No, that's not true: Nearly identical stories mentioning more than 40 celebrities in near-identical photos were published by a network of foreign websites and Facebook pages. There were no legitimate news articles…

    • Jan 6, 2026
    • by: Dean Miller
    Fact Check: Fake Posts About '100% Free Community Health Center' Opened By Eminem, Kid Rock, Other Celebs NOT Real -- Foreign Clickbait Viet Hoaxes
  • Prebunk: Beware Of Fake Fan Pages Spreading False Stories About Your Favorite Celebrities -- How To Spot 'Viet Spam'

    Analysis

    This is what fact checkers call a "prebunk." A prebunk is like a debunk (another word for fact check), only it's an advance notice of an anticipated false claim. This article is intended to inoculate you from future outbreaks of a specific type of false claims about your favorite entertainment celebrities, sports stars, and politicians. We call this "Viet Spam"…

    • Oct 31, 2025
    • by: Alan Duke
    Prebunk: Beware Of Fake Fan Pages Spreading False Stories About Your Favorite Celebrities -- How To Spot 'Viet Spam' Spot The Slop
  • Fact Check: Jason Kelce Did NOT Say 'If Bad Bunny Is A Bad Fit For The Super Bowl, Then Maybe The People Making These Comments Are A Bad Fit For America's Future' -- It's A Fake Quote

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    Did Jason Kelce say, "If Bad Bunny is a bad fit for the Super Bowl, then maybe the people making these comments are a bad fit for America's Future." No, that's not true: There were no actual news reports saying Kelce made this statement. In response to the viral rumor, Kelce made a post from his verified X account stating,…

    • Oct 15, 2025
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Jason Kelce Did NOT Say 'If Bad Bunny Is A Bad Fit For The Super Bowl, Then Maybe The People Making These Comments Are A Bad Fit For America's Future' -- It's A Fake Quote Fake Quote
  • Fact Check: Travis Kelce Did NOT Say of Jimmy Kimmel 'It's Best He Leave America' -- Famous Names Used In Cookie-Cutter Clickbait Formula

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    Did Travis Kelce or other celebrities make a public statement that Jimmy Kimmel should leave America? No, that's not true: This is a made-up story which has been repeated using the same formula with many different famous names. At least nine variations of this story have been published on Facebook by pages originating overseas -- none of them are true.…

    • Sep 22, 2025
    • by: Sarah Thompson
    Fact Check: Travis Kelce Did NOT Say of Jimmy Kimmel 'It's Best He Leave America' -- Famous Names Used In Cookie-Cutter Clickbait Formula Made-Up Story
  • Fact Check: NFL Stars Did NOT Make $300,000 Donations To Charlie Kirk's Family -- More AI Lies

    Fact Check

    Did Jalen Hurts, Travis Kelce, Nick Bosa, Josh Allen, Aaron Rodgers, Malik Nabers, Jordan Love, and other NFL stars each donate $300,000 to Charlie Kirk's family? No, that's not true: Facebook posts claiming that these American football players reacted to the killing of Kirk on September 10, 2025, with big donations and statements of support are generated by AI tools.…

    • Sep 11, 2025
    • by: Alan Duke
    Fact Check: NFL Stars Did NOT Make $300,000 Donations To Charlie Kirk's Family -- More AI Lies Fan Click Bait
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