00:00Is Brad Pitt messaging fans for money?
00:02That's something his reps are now having to clear up
00:05after a French woman claimed she was scammed
00:06out of over $850,000 from someone messaging her
00:10pretending to be Brad Pitt.
00:12So this woman whose name is Anne,
00:13she originally told her story on France's TF1 channel,
00:16but obviously now her story has blown up
00:18everywhere on social media.
00:20And she claims she not only lost her marriage,
00:22but she also lost $850,000 after falling victim
00:26to fake messages and AI images of a sick Brad Pitt.
00:29Some of those AI images have now made their way
00:31onto social media.
00:32And as you can imagine,
00:33people are having a lot of reactions.
00:35Now, as I mentioned, a rep for Brad Pitt
00:37has now spoken out saying that it's awful
00:39that scammers are taking advantage
00:41of the strong connections fans feel to celebrities.
00:43His rep then went on to say that this is an important
00:45reminder to not respond to unsolicited messages,
00:48especially from actors who have no social media presence.
00:51Okay, go ahead and let me know your thoughts.
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