Do real photos show celebrities like Stevie Nicks, Bob Dylan, and Barry Manilow posed in front of their $80 million private jets? No, that's not true: A network of fake fan pages are publishing nearly identical copy/paste clickbait stories. The posts have AI-generated images of the celebrities posed with private jets. While some celebrities do own private jets, the made up controversies and the accompanying photos are not real.
One example of the fake trend appears in a post (archived here) published by the page Mystical Rhythms on Dec. 29, 2025. It is captioned:
SHOCKING: PEOPLE ARE SAYING Stevie Nicks HAS AN "$80 MILLION PRIVATE JET"--AND THE INTERNET CAN'T PROCESS IT.
Read here: https://risemove.info/.../shocking-people-saying-stevie...
Because the image of Stevie Nicks has always been simple: big hair, a warm smile, a woman who looks like she'd rather sit down and talk to you than chase a spotlight.
So when rumors hit that the Queen of Rock could be flying in a literal palace in the sky, fans froze.
How does a woman known for quiet generosity and humility... end up with something that massive?
The story spread fast. People argued. People defended her. People questioned everything.
And then one detail surfaced that changed the entire conversation.
This is the image included with the Facebook post:
(Image source: Lead Stories screenshot from facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid0E4LKK1Q6EA3EE8dWnsdyWP4kJSz1yCEbd4Te7sWSrJ4vh4pYEgUJ76PgxmP2mu71l&id=61580863392964.)
The Facebook page transparency report (archived here) for Mystical Rhythms (pictured below) shows the fan page has managers based in Vietnam.
(Image source: Screenshot from Facebook.)
The Vietnam connection is significant, since fact-checkers, including Lead Stories, have identified a major source of AI-generated false stories coming from a single operation based in that Southeast Asian country. You can see recent reporting and fact checks mentioning that country here.
A Google News search for news articles mentioning "Stevie Nicks" "$80 million private jet" did not produce any results (archived here).
Lead Stories searched Facebook for the phrases, "$80 million private jet" "Internet can't process it". The search results returned many duplicate versions of this story which were posted by fake fan pages made to attract the fan base of the respective celebrities. In many instances the AI-generated private jet pictured was not even unique, but had different name decals as it was recycled behind AI-generated images of the different celebrities. The Lead Stories GIF (below) shows some of the Facebook search results:
(Image source: animation of Facebook search results for the phrase "$80 million private jet" "Internet can't process it".)
Lead Stories found posts involving:
- Bob Dylan
- Trace Adkins
- Post Malone
- Joe Walsh
- Alan Jackson
- Marilyn Manson
- Tanya Tucker
- Randy Owen
- Mark Ruffalo
- Kevin Costner
- Billy Bob Thornton
- Maksim Chmerkovskiy
- Jon Bon Jovi
- Rod Stewart
- Sydney Sweeney
- Tom Jones
- Luke Bryan
- Jim Carrey
- Brad Paisley
- Dolly Parton
- Andrea Bocelli
- Dave Mustaine
- Nigel Farage
- Lenny Kravitz
- 50 Cent
Lead Stories has published a primer -- or a prebunk -- on how to identify these kinds of fake posts exported from Vietnam. It's titled "Prebunk: Beware Of Fake Fan Pages Spreading False Stories About Your Favorite Celebrities -- How To Spot 'Viet Spam'".
