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WhiskeyGrinder

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1. Are you sure it wasn't Bob Dylan?

Sun Dec 21, 2025, 08:58 AM

Dec 21

https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1179642113598591

Or Patti LaBelle? https://www.facebook.com/100093110930017/posts/sit-down-baby-girl-patti-labelle-suddenly-calls-karoline-leavitt-a-privilege-pup/666751549771870/

Or Rory McIlroy? https://www.facebook.com/61571577174576/posts/sit-down-baby-girl-privilege-puppet-hes-just-a-golfer-rory-mcilroy-silences-crit/122150470028719239/

Or any of a dozen other celebrities? https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/celebrity/articles/fact-check-cher-did-not-055832259.html

Did Cher tell Karoline Leavitt to "sit down, baby girl" after reading out her bio on MSNBC? No, that's not true: The viral story about the singer reacting to a supposed rant from Leavitt about "out-of-touch celebrities who think they can lecture America" originated on a network of websites and Facebook pages run from Vietnam. It contained verifiably false details. Dozens of versions of the story with other celebrities reading the bio also appeared online, including Barbra Streisand, Joan Baez, Ted Cruz and many others.

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The Facebook page "Venus of Sound" which was used to promote the story had a page transparency tab (archived here) indicating it was run by several people in Vietnam, among others.

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. We have published at least 70 fact-check articles in 2025 focused on this content.

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How Cher could have responded to Caroline Leavitt (Cher did not say this!!!) ... [View all] marble falls Dec 21 OP

Are you sure it wasn't Bob Dylan? WhiskeyGrinder Dec 21 #1

Or Barbra Streisand? mcar Dec 21 #5

Yes, I saw the Streisand claim. hamsterjill Dec 21 #6

Too bad it's not true- mwmisses4289 Dec 21 #2

I just deleted a thread I had going on this. It's a fake story. Liberal In Texas Dec 21 #3

Meh. marble falls Dec 21 #7

Known false information SCantiGOP Dec 21 #11

meh. marble falls Dec 21 #17

Please correct or delete the OP. A "meh" response comes across as your not caring about truth or whether highplainsdem Dec 21 #18

meh. If you think this post breaks any ToS, alert on it. 55 other on this OP disagree with you. That's a lot of meh. marble falls Dec 21 #20

It's okay to love getting likes and recs. At the cost of spreading misinformation, though? WhiskeyGrinder Dec 21 #22

meh. marble falls Dec 21 #23

The odds are those 55 recs are from people who didn't know it was fake. You're making it clear you highplainsdem Dec 21 #25

meh. marble falls Dec 21 #26

Have it your way SCantiGOP Dec 21 #34

The information linked to in your OP is fake. Cher did not say the quote in the image you linked to. EarlG Dec 21 #27

With all due respect, I'll leave taking it down in your hands. marble falls Dec 21 #28

I've posted in Community Help recommending a change in the TOS to deal with the sort of problem you're highplainsdem Dec 21 #29

My policy is that fake information should be repudiated by replies within the thread EarlG Dec 21 #30

What does that mean? I know what the word means, but not what it means in this context. mahina Dec 21 #33

"Cher" helped us out in a takedown of Trump about five years ago. DFW Dec 21 #4

The story in the OP is fake. highplainsdem Dec 21 #19

I saw, thanks DFW Dec 21 #36

Wow, one tough woman, pure, devastating and appropriately disdainful. Love it. NNadir Dec 21 #8

she didn't say it tho WhiskeyGrinder Dec 21 #10

This is a fake meme. It has been thoroughly debunked by other posters in the thread. Celerity Dec 21 #12

OK. I stand corrected. It would have been nice if true. NNadir Dec 21 #14

All the fraudsters putting fake quotes in real celebrities' mouths, trying to deceive, are showing complete highplainsdem Dec 21 #21

OK. I would imagine there is some difficulty in being a celebrity, but it's something I'll never discover for myself. NNadir Dec 21 #24

Caroline Leavitt is just a nitwit who lies for Trump Jimvanhise Dec 21 #9

Why is this just like Jon Stewart's rant? NH Ethylene Dec 21 #13

Jon Stewart didn't say it, either WhiskeyGrinder Dec 21 #15

marble falls, since you know now that's a fake quote, which makes your OP misleading, please delete highplainsdem Dec 21 #16

Cher's response LetMyPeopleVote Dec 21 #31

That's fake. highplainsdem Dec 21 #32

i've always looked forward to reading your posts. but the fact that you know this is bullshit & keep doing your "meh" orleans Dec 21 #35

No fake posts, no AI, no lies. tavernier Dec 21 #37