Does a photo of Nigel Farage together with Jeffrey Epstein show that the two men were acquainted? No, that's not true: This image is fake. Although made to look like a photo taken with a flash, there is no evidence this is a real photo which existed before Feb. 3, 2026. Nigel Farage has stated that he never met Epstein.
The fake image appeared in a post on X (archived here) published by @oscarhero1801 on Feb. 3, 2026. The post is captioned:
What say you Andrea Jenkins and Nigel Farage? A picture paints a thousand words.
This is the image included with the post:
(Image Source: Lead Stories screenshot from x.com/oscarhero1801/status/2018577337886065015.)
A reverse image search with Google Lens did not point to any credible news sources sharing the photo. It also did not point to information linking the photo to a specific numbered file within the Department of Justice Epstein Library. Image search results do show many social media posts from the past 24 hours containing the image, but no information about where it came from or when and where the photo was taken. It appears the image did not exist before Feb. 3, 2026.
Lead Stories also searched with Google for images using the names of the two men, "Nigel Farage" AND "Jeffrey Epstein". The results (archived here) do not include this image or any other images of the two men together.
Nigel Farage was interviewed by Leading Britain's Conversation (LBC) on July 31, 2025 (embedded below). At 20 seconds he was asked if he met Mr. Epstein. Farage replies:
No, No, I didn't, I didn't. Had I been ten years older, I would have done. Because that, you know they were the circles.
Nigel Farage says Trump knowing Jeffrey Epstein is 'not a shock', but insists the President 'did not go to the island'. pic.twitter.com/Q96FdYtpyq
-- LBC (@LBC) July 31, 2025
In an "AI mode" Google image search, a small cached thumbnail image was produced. It points to a blogpost that no longer exists. The blog post URL (archived here) suggested this was the "Meme of the day" for Feb. 3, 2026. The thumbnail image (pictured below) is the same image of Farage and Epstein surrounded by this message:
NONCEY-NIGEL WOULD HATE IT IF EVERYONE SAW THIS PHOTO
Therefore, please DO NOT under any circumstances, share this photo on your social media.
Also, to make certain no one else makes the mistake of sharing this photo, please show it to everyone you know so that they are aware of precisely which photograph they are supposed to keep secret and they can in turn share it with everyone they know, so they also know which photograph to keep secret, and so on
ONLY-TOO-GLAD TO BE OF HELP, NONCEY
(Image Source: Lead Stories screenshot from AI mode google.com/search.)
