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stated on October 10, 2023 in a video:
Video shows Kelly Clarkson endorsing a natural weight loss product.
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Kelly Clarkson performs on NBC's "Today" show at Rockefeller Plaza on Friday, Sept. 22, 2023, in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)
By Sofia AhmedJanuary 16, 2024
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- The video was altered using clips from Kelly Clarkson’s Instagram account.
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Another deepfake video of singer Kelly Clarkson has been used to sell weight-loss products.
An Oct. 10 Facebook video shows what appears to be Clarkson saying, "Ladies, I honestly didn’t expect my weight loss to generate so many questions. My direct messages on Instagram are overflowing."
The clip has been altered from a Sep. 22 video on Clarkson’s official Instagram page, in which she promoted her new album, not diet gummies.
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The Facebook video links to an inauthentic sculptedline.com webpage. The page is made to look like a Jan. 16 Facebook post from Clarkson’s page advertising keto gummies from the brandTropiketo. Clarkson’s official Facebook page has no such post endorsing weight-loss products.
Melissa Kates, Clarkson’s publicist, said Clarkson is not a spokesperson for Tropiketo or any other weight loss products or programs.
PolitiFact previously fact-checked similar deepfake videos of Clarkson appearing to sell diet pills. We rate this video purporting to show Clarkson selling keto gummies False.
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Facebook post, (archived), Oct. 10, 2023.
Instagram post, (archived), Sep. 22, 2023.
Blog post, Sculpted Line, visited Jan. 16, 2024.
Kelly Clarkson’s Facebook page, visited Jan. 16, 2024.
The Associated Press, Bogus social media ad uses an edited video of Kelly Clarkson to sell weight-loss gummies, Oct. 27, 2023.
PolitiFact, Video shows singer Kelly Clarkson discussing a "weight loss formula", Oct. 31, 2023.
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