Celebrities on Instagram Fall Prey to Instagram Hoax

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Among those who fell for this hoax are Judd Apatow, Debra Messing, Martha Stewart, and Rick Perry, the guy in charge of our nuclear weapons

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Photo: Rita Wilson/Instagram Stars … they’re just like us! Or, at least, they’re just like your Aunt Martha who you only see at weddings and funerals and whose life is filtered through her many, many ill-conceived Facebook posts. Martha doesn’t really have a firm grasp on how to spot something bogus online. Neither does Julia Roberts, Usher, TI, Rita Wilson, Jessie J, Evan Rachel Wood, or Nancy Meyers who, along with a number of other famous folks, spread a hoax to millions of people this week.

On Tuesday, a screenshotted copypasta — internet slang for a combination of a meme, warning, and hoax that is copy and pasted and reshared ad nauseam until people start to believe it’s true — started making the rounds on Instagram, specifically the Instagrams of the rich and famous and hot. It claims “tomorrow starts the new INSTAGRAM rule where they can use your photos.” It’s complete B.S. and a version of the disclaimer has been around for years.

Additional posters include Judd Apatow, Wacka Flocka Flame, Scooter Braun, Debra Messing, Taraji P Henson, Julianne Moore, Rob Lowe, Martha Stewart, and Rick Perry, the guy in charge of our nuclear weapons. A couple of variations have also been floating around. Gal Gadot’s now-deleted post included the “Rome Statute” and UCc1-308 as laws which could be used to punish Instagram for using her photos. The Rome Statue is a non-binding agreement the U.S.

Kudos to John Mayer and Trevor Noah who figured out the thing was bogus and decided to post parodies. The rest of you, please know that your children — and fans — are very embarrassed for you. Especially you, Rob Lowe. Your kids even took the time to comment reminding you that one of your sons is, quite literally, a lawyer. Call him next time.

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amy_green This is boomers ruining yet another social platform. I mean, you see what they all did to Facebook.

And journalists! For god sakes journalists! I'm looking at you Shane Smith.

Bridgette Moynahan, Retta

I fell for it too...

Holy shit, they denied the King of the Jews?!

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