Most people have told a little white lie online at some point, but unlike celebrities, they don’t have millions of people analyzing every post. For public figures, even the smallest exaggeration, misleading photo, or questionable claim can quickly attract attention. With fans, critics, and internet sleuths constantly watching, it’s often only a matter of time before the truth comes to light.
Over the years, a number of celebrities have been called out for sharing edited images, fabricated stories, misleading endorsements, or posts that simply didn’t add up. In many cases, sharp-eyed followers were quick to spot the inconsistencies, turning what may have seemed like harmless posts into viral controversies.
Curious to see which stars were caught stretching the truth online? Click through the gallery to discover the celebrities whose social media lies were eventually exposed.
Bella Thorne
In 2016, Bella Thorne sparked outrage when she posted a selfie wearing a fur coat on Instagram. Thorne then said that the coat was made of faux fur. However, some followers were not convinced, so they looked it up online and found the coat on the Harrods website. According to the description, it was made of “genuine rabbit and arctic fox fur from China.”
Justin Bieber
“New jet for Christmas, and she’s beautiful…” This was how the selfie Justin Bieber posted on Instagram on Christmas Day 2014 was captioned. But it turns out, Bieber didn’t buy himself a new private jet for Christmas. TMZ looked into it and found out that the singer had only rented the jet, so it was just a “really expensive uber.”
Rita Ora
The British singer tweeted the following back in 2014: “Dropping my new song Monday if this gets 100,000 retweets.” Rita Ora didn’t quite get the retweets she expected, so she deleted the tweet. And then she blamed it on a hacker. “By the way my Twitter got hacked somebody is threatening to release new music I’ve worked really hard on,” posted Ora.
Lindsay Lohan
In 2015, the actress posted a selfie to Twitter captioned “Just received my waist trainer from @nowaistclique!! #LovingIt #majorsituation.”But fans quickly noticed that the image was photoshopped. Lohan was then called out for attempting to alter her waistline.
Diddy
Back in 2014, the rapper posted a beautiful photo of an eclipse on Instagram with the hashtag #diddyView.Except, this wasn’t Diddy’s view. The rapper was called out by Los Angeles photographer Cole Younger, who was the actual author of the photo.
Khloe Kardashian
Back in 2015, Khloé Kardashian posted a picture on Instagram where she proudly showed three pies, she claimed to have baked from scratch for Thanksgiving. It turns out, the pies had been supplied by the Sweet Lady Jane bakery in LA. TMZ figured out that Khloé Kardashian had staged the whole thing and made their discovery public.
Britney Spears
Back in 2016, the Princess of Pop posted a mouthwatering picture of corn on Instagram with the caption, “It’s honestly too good to be true mmmm.”It turns out, it was. One of her followers wasn’t convinced, so following a Google search for “grilled Mexican corn,” it transpired that Spears, or whoever was managing her Instagram then, actually stole the picture from recipe100.com.
Post Malone
Back in 2017, the rapper said in an interview that his friend, Justin Bieber, had given US$10 million to his church, Hillsong. Malone’s words came as a surprise for Hillsong. “I do not know Post Malone and I have no idea why he would say reckless things about our church, which he has never visited. Justin has not given our church 10 million dollars,” refuted the pastor of the controversial church.
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