Did Mel Gibson accuse Oprah Winfrey of selling children? No, that's not true: "None of this is true," Gibson's longtime publicist told Lead Stories. The post offered no evidence for the claim that the Hollywood actor was "gearing up" to confront Winfrey. Had Gibson done so it would have been extensively covered by the news media.
The claim appeared in a post (archived here) on Facebook on August 12, 2024. It opened:
(VIDEO) Mel Gibson Gears Up To Confront Oprah Winfrey By Unveiling Her Hidden Misdeeds in Hollywood!
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This is what the post looked like on Facebook at the time of writing:
(Source: Facebook screenshot taken on Wed Aug 14 18:43:38 2024 UTC)
The image on the post shows Gibson with the caption "YOU SELL CHILDREN!" and Winfrey with the caption "YOU HAVE NO PROOF." There is no proof or source information provided in the post about Gibson's purported intentions.
"None of this is true," Gibson's publicist Alan Nierob told Lead Stories via email on August 14, 2024.
Had Gibson confronted Winfrey and told her that she "sells children," that would have been a major news story, but a Google search of keywords (archived here) yields no matching results.
Lead Stories previously debunked the claim that Gibson was secretly working on a four-part documentary series about the child sex trafficking claim here.
Other Lead Stories fact checks about claims concerning Mel Gibson can be found here and Oprah Winfrey can be found here.
