Did conservative commentator Ben Shapiro tweet "next Joe Biden is gonna tell me how long my pubes have to be"? No, that's not true. A tweet allegedly by Shapiro that claimed he "doesn't have any pubes yet" is a fake satirical message.
The claim appeared as an Instagram post on October 19, 2021. It opens:
Next Joe Biden is gonna tell me how long my pubes have to be. Jokes on you Joey B. I don't have any pubes yet. My mom says maybe next year.
Social media users saw this image:
(Source: Instagram screenshot taken on Tues Oct 19 05:12:45 2021 UTC)
The fake tweet has the date of September 10, 2021.
A Twitter search of "Ben Shapiro pubes" does not yield results for any such tweet.
The Way Back Machine Internet Archive took two screenshots of Shapiro's Twitter account on September 10, 2021, none of which show a posted message about his "pubes":
SEPTEMBER 10, 2021 2 snapshots
Lead Stories previously published a debunk of a fake Shapiro tweet. He was previously mocked about a tweet he posted about his wife's opinion of Cardi B's song "WAP," but that was a real tweet:
Listen, guys. I fully explained on the show that it's misogynistic to question whether graphic descriptions of "wet-ass p****" is empowering for women. "WAP" is obviously an incredibly profound statement of women's empowerment, a la Susan B. Anthony. https://t.co/KKYerf1dGW
-- Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) August 10, 2020
Rolling Stone magazine described the "faux outrage" expressed by Shapiro over the Cardi B song that set him up for criticism of his own sex life with his wife.
