Warning: That viral clip of Zendaya yelling at a fan is totally staged

Honestly, I saw that 30 second TikTok of Zendaya screaming at someone in a mall and almost shared it. But I ran it through a reverse image search and found it was from a 2021 blooper reel. Has anyone else caught a fake moment that looked real at first?

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wader711d ago

Yeah I fell for that one too, reminds me of the time someone faked a video of Taylor Swift tripping on stage and I believed it for a week.

the_wesley1d ago

A buddy of mine actually showed me a breakdown of how that Taylor Swift thing was faked, and it kind of blew my mind. I used to think I was pretty good at spotting fake stuff online, like I had a good gut feeling about it. But watching how simple editing tools can make something look so real changed my whole view on it. Now I just assume anything that gets me emotional is probably fake until I check it three times.

theas281d ago

Same here. I saw a breakdown once about how easy it is to fake a crowd noise or even a whole protest, and it made me realize I've been fooled way more than I thought. Now if a video gets me angry or really happy, I pause and look it up on a couple different news sites before I share it.