New Videos of the Beckham Feud Are Fake. Nobody Seems to Care.
A.I.-generated content of Victoria Beckham has spread as wedding drama has engulfed the celebrity clan and the public has clamored for receipts (even fabricated ones).
Brooklyn Beckham left a few things out when he publicly cut ties with his famous family this week, but it took the internet just a few hours to concoct fake evidence to fill in the blanks.
The eldest son of David Beckham, a former British soccer star, and Victoria Beckham, a fashion designer and former Spice Girl, blasted his parents in a series of Instagram Stories on Monday night. A key accusation: that the power duo had repeatedly tried to sabotage Brooklyn’s relationship with his wife, Nicola Peltz, the daughter of the billionaire investor Nelson Peltz.
Social media users were enthralled by the drama, an age-old response to the spectacle of public discord in the ranks of the rich and beautiful. This time, though, the audience didn’t wait for verified evidence to be released or leaked. Instead, people took control of the narrative by using artificial intelligence to imagine what might have happened behind closed doors.
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