Congressman-elect George Santos has been caught out in a series of lies that are now being investigated by Long Island prosecutors. He has allegedly fabricated details about his heritage, his education, his previous employment, and the nature of his mother's death. In the past, the New York native claimed that his mother was killed in the South Tower during the 9/11 terror attacks on the World Trade Center. However, journalist Yashar Ali pointed out on Dec. 27, 2022, that Santos has been inconsistent on this point. In recent years Santos has also said that she made it out of the tower but died in the dust cloud, while on another occasion he tweeted a tribute to his mother stating that she died of cancer in 2016.

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Losing a family member on 9/11 would likely have earned Santos a great deal of empathy and support from New York voters. His falsified CV may also have contributed to his election, which is now being called into question. The Republican previously lied about being Jewish, and despite publicly acknowledging the falsehood along with many others, he shows no intention of stepping down.

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Followers were quick to call out rapper Soulja Boy in the summer of 2014 when he posted a picture of (quite obviously) fake US$100 bills to Instagram.

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The post was subsequently deleted and the 'Crank That' artist has claimed that the fake bills were for a music video and that he knew they weren't real.

Sources: (Ranker) (BuzzFeed) (TMZ)

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Of course, in 2021 that might be possible, but in 2015 Kardashian's daughter North was just a toddler. Fans were suspicious to say the least...

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Back in 2014, Rita Ora tweeted, "Dropping my new song monday if this gets 100,000 retweets." When the retweets fell far short, she was quick to retract.

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She posted the follow up tweet, "By the way my Twitter got hacked somebody is threatening to release new music I've worked really hard on." Fans weren't so sure...

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In 2015, Lindsay Lohan posted a selfie to Twitter with the caption, "Just received my waist trainer from @nowaistclique!! #LovingIt #majorsituation."

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Only problem was, the photo was clearly photoshopped. Fans were quick to call out the actress for what was a clear attempt to alter her waistline.

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In a very strange turn of events, Khloé Kardashian posted a picture to Instagram showing an array of pies she claimed to have baked for Thanksgiving in 2015.

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It was TMZ who ratted her out: they worked out that the pies had been supplied by the Sweet Lady Jane bakery in LA, and that Kardashian had staged the whole thing.

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At the beginning of 2016, Britney posted a picture of some delicious-looking corn to Instagram with the caption, "It's honestly too good to be true mmmm."

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Unfortunately for the singer, one follower grew suspicious, Googled "grilled Mexican corn," and subsequently exposed Spears for having stolen the picture from recipe100.com.

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On Christmas Day 2014, Justin Bieber posted a selfie taken in a private jet to Instagram. He captioned it, "New jet for Christmas, and she's beautiful..."

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Again it was TMZ that exposed the singer: their investigation revealed that Bieber had only rented the jet and it was in effect a "really expensive uber."

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In a 2017 interview, Post Malone said for some reason that his friend, Justin Bieber, had given US$10 million to his church, Hillsong.

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In 2018, the youngest sister of the Kardashian-Jenner clan tweeted, "last night i had cereal with milk for the first time. life changing."

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One eagle-eyed follower called Jenner out, reposting one of her Instagram pics from 2013, which showed a bowl of cereal with milk that was quite obviously hers.

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In 2012, Oprah tweeted about how much she loved her Microsoft Surface and how she was using it to buy her Christmas gifts.

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Unfortunately, Twitter was one step ahead on this one and exposed the false advertising with its tag "via Twitter for iPad."

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Of course, whether Photoshop counts as a lie is up for debate, but this example is just too good not to be included in the list. In 2014, Kris Jenner released a cookbook.

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The original momager worked on the book with Gordon Ramsay, and when it came to the photoshoot not only did she Photoshop herself, she also did a serious job on Ramsay.

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In May 2017, rapper Bow Wow posted a picture of a private jet to his Instagram, letting fans know that he was on his way to NYC to do a press run for 'Growing Up Hip Hop.'

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In fact, Bow Wow caught a commercial flight to NYC. He was spotted by a passenger on the same flight, who snapped him and posted the picture on Twitter.

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When Hillary Clinton beat out Donald Trump in the popular vote by more than three million votes, he claimed that he had in fact won it and there had been illegal voting for Clinton.

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Of course, that was just not true, and Trump was called out all over the place by talk show hosts, news publications, comedians, and Twitter users.

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In 2018, Roseanne got in trouble for posting racist tweets about Democrat Valerie Jarrett. She was quickly fired from ABC over the incident.

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The actress and comedian tried to blame the tweets on the fact she was taking the anti-insomnia drug Ambien. But followers were dubious that the racism was Ambien's fault...

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In 2016, Bella Thorne posted a selfie to Instagram in which she was wearing a fur coat. When fans were outraged, she assured them it was faux fur.

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Followers were quick to call out rapper Soulja Boy in the summer of 2014 when he posted a picture of (quite obviously) fake US$100 bills to Instagram.

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The post was subsequently deleted and the 'Crank That' artist has claimed that the fake bills were for a music video and that he knew they weren't real.

Sources: (Ranker) (BuzzFeed) (TMZ)

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Celebs caught lying on social media

Nothing is forgotten in the age of social media

20/12/23 | StarsInsider

CELEBRITY Lies

In the digital age, it is easier than ever to lie. From behind our keyboards, people cannot see our palms sweating or our nervous fidgeting. Sadly, that means that social media is awash with information that simply isn't true.

Of course, lies can range in severity, from white lies to bare-faced deception. Unfortunately for some celebrities, they have been caught in the act and called out for telling blatant untruths.

Check out this gallery to remember some times celebs were caught lying on social media.