Are social media posts claiming that a long list of celebrities each "went live at 3 a.m." with an urgent message saying they had received a threat meant to silence them real? No, that's not true: None of the celebrities named in the posts made any such statement. The claims came from AI-generated Facebook posts produced by a spam operation managed from Vietnam.
Among the false posts Lead Stories found is a post (archived here) making the claim about P!nk shared by the "Vincent Sauer" Facebook page on May 3, 2026. The text opened:
P!nk went live at 3 A.M. with a raw, determined message: "I got a message tonight -- and it was meant to silence the truth."Los Angeles, 3:07 a.m. -- P!nk didn't wait for daylight, didn't wait for some official statement. In the stillness of the night, she chose to speak -- directly, unapologetically, and without fanfare.
No studio lights.
No script.
No set up.
This is what the post looked like on Facebook at the time of writing:
(Source: Facebook screenshot taken on Tue May 19 11:32:15 2026 UTC)
(Image source: Lead Stories screenshot of Vincent Sauer Facebook page)
The post continued:
Seated in a simple, dimly lit space, she looked into the camera with unwavering resolve. She didn't talk about fame or success -- she talked about accountability.
"At 1:44 a.m. tonight, I received a message," she said, her voice calm yet firm. "It came from a source of influence, one that thrives on control. Just one line."
She read it aloud:
"Stay in your lane, and don't think your platform will protect you."She lowered the phone slowly.
"This isn't advice," P!nk said. "This is a warning."
A Google search (archived here) for "went live at 3 a.m. AND meant to silence the truth" returned no credible reporting that any such statement was made. It returned only links to the fake posts in this series.
Lead Stories searched Facebook to identify other fake posts in the series, including with a search (archived here) for the keywords "went live at 3 a.m. AND meant to silence the truth." The false posts named musicians, sports stars, actors, entertainers, authors, a president, and a world religious leader, including:
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Adele
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Alicia Keys
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Alysa Liu
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Anderson Cooper
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Anthony Hopkins
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Ave Marrs
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Barbra Streisand
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Blake Shelton
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Brandon Lake
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Chase Elliott
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Dave Chappelle
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David Bromstad
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Dolly Parton
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Eminem
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Engelbert Humperdinck
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Eric Braeden
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Gladys Knight
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GloRilla
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Hannah Harper
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Harrison Ford
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Jason Momoa
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Jennifer Garner
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Jimmy Kimmel
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Joe Rogan
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Joy Reid
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Justin Timberlake
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Kurt Russell
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Lady Gaga
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Lee Asher
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Mark Carney
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Mark Harmon
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Mark Kelly
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Martin Lawrence
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Meryl Streep
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Neil Young
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NeNe Leakes
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Nicole Kidman
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P!nk
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Pauline Hanson
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Pope Leo XIV
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Rick Springfield
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Ronnie Dunn
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Roseanne Barr
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Rowan Atkinson
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Savannah Guthrie
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Shakira
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Simon Baker
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Stephen Colbert
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Stephen King
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T.I.
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Timothy Dolan
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Tom Jones
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President Trump
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Whoopi Goldberg
(Image source: Facebook)
The images used in the P!nk post are real, according to the Hive Moderation AI content detection tool, but others used to illustrate these fake posts were AI-generated. For example, the tool concluded with 99.9 percent confidence that the image in the Pope Leo XIV post was AI-generated.
(Image source: HiveModeration.com screenshot)
The "Vincent Sauer" Facebook page transparency data (archived here) confirmed it is managed from Vietnam.
(Image source: Vincent Sauer Facebook page)
Lead Stories has previously documented 16 of the Facebook pages amplifying the false claims as part of unrelated false claims from the same Vietnamese-managed operation.
The post links to an article (archived here) titled "P!пk's 3 A.M. Livestream: The Raw, Uпapologetic Trυth That Shook the Iпdυstry." The article uses lookalike Cyrillic letters used in place of Latin letters, which may be an attempt to evade automated content moderation. The pop-up messages on the page are suspicious and care should be taken about clicking on them and unleashing malware.
(Image source: Lead Stories screenshot of pro.daily24.world)
The website's terms of service page (archived here) also confirmed it was produced from Vietnam.
(Image source: Lead Stories screenshot of pro.daily24.world/tos)
Lead Stories has previously documented six of the Facebook pages amplifying the false claims as part of unrelated false claims from the same Vietnamese-managed operation. Electric Stardom appeared in a fact check here. Loud Grace Society appeared in fact checks here and here. Nightfall Chronicles appeared here. Queen of Reinvention appeared here. Rhythm Society appeared in fact checks here and here. Rockers Unleashed appeared here.
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. Recent reporting and fact checks mentioning that country are available here.
