I thought the rumors about that actor's secret wedding were total nonsense.

The tabloids kept running blurry photos from some tiny town in Vermont, and I rolled my eyes. Then a local paper there ran a confirmed story with the mayor's quote saying he officiated it. I guess sometimes the wildest gossip has a grain of truth. Has anyone else been completely wrong about a story they were sure was fake?

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jason_stone591d ago

That Vermont paper could have been fooled too. I mean, mayors can lie or get tricked for a photo op. Remember when that small town clerk swore she processed Brad Pitt's fishing license? Total hoax. Those blurry photos are probably just two random look-alikes. The whole thing feels staged, and everyone is too quick to believe a single source. I'll wait for the actor's own team to say something.

quinn6061d ago

Okay but what about the other people who would have to be in on it? The mayor is one thing, but a local paper running the story means a reporter talked to him. And wouldn't the people who live there see something? To fake it that well, you'd need a whole town to play along, which seems like a lot of work for a prank on a celebrity who doesn't even live there.

the_viola1d ago

But why would a small town mayor lie about something like that? He has nothing to gain and his whole town would know if he made it up. Those blurry photos lined up with the exact location the paper named, which feels like too much of a coincidence. Sometimes the simple answer is just that it happened, you know? What makes you so sure it's a hoax?