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“No One Believed It”: 50 Internet And Celebrity Rumors That Turned Out To Be True
Interview With Expert
Gossip can be juicy, hilarious, or just plain weird, and let’s be honest, sometimes it’s half the fun of being human. Most of the time, it’s just harmless chatter about someone’s new haircut or who might be dating who. But every now and then, the stuff we brush off as wild speculation turns out to be absolutely true. The kind of thing that makes you think, “Wait, didn’t I hear about this before it blew up?” So when someone on Reddit asked, ‘What started out as an internet rumor that ended up being infamously true?’ the responses did not disappoint. People showed up with stories that were once dismissed as hearsay, only to become headline news later on. From hush-hush celebrity drama to shady secrets, these posts prove that sometimes the internet is weirdly ahead of the curve. Keep scrolling, you might just realize your favorite piece of gossip was more real than you ever imagined.
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#1
In 2005 Courtney Love knew about Harvey Weinstein long before the news broke. Nobody listened to her because she was always on d***s. She was asked on a red carpet interview about advice for young Hollywood (or something) and she said something like “should I say it? If Harvey Weinstein invites you to a private party at the Four Seasons [hotel] don't go.”
ETA: [clip at about the :30 mark](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mDh4xeI-4KQ).
May Barnett 8 months ago
There were also jokes about his behavior in 30 Rock. People definitely knew
Joe Publique 8 months ago
Everyone knew about Harvey's 'casting couch'. It's a Hollywood tale as old as Hollywood itself. Hopefully, consigned to history. One early example is that Brad Pitt confronted Weinsten in 1995 about his inappropriate behaviour towards Gwyneth Paltrow.
Cpt. Christan "Panda Bombero" 8 months ago (edited)
The sooner that the CWOHS that HW is, shuffles of this mortal coil, the better of the world will be. And evidently, Harvey Weinstein & Jeffery Epstein used to associate together. So maybe he will meet the same fate.
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#2
Britney Spears’ conservatorship. The woman had cameras in her house, her devices were being monitored AND if she refused to work, she’d be thrown in a mental hospital. I haven’t gotten her book yet but I honestly don’t know if I can handle reading it. The one documentary she said she liked was telling enough.
CP 8 months ago
Mook made a funny joke, people need to laugh too. That marvelous pun took nothing away from Michelle's post, IMO.
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Beak Hookage 8 months ago
And the entire time she was being publicly mocked and derided as "crazy". It's so horrible.
XenoMurph 8 months ago
She was treated terribly, and financially controlled by her dad. He should not have been given control of her life. However, if my daughter, or mother, was acting like her, I'd be having chats with doctors. She is not a stable lady. But she needs help, not control.
Load More Replies... Lynchamigsakta 8 months ago
While grotesque that she was used as a puppet for others to make money off of. She really doesn't seem capable of taking care of herself
Just Another Karen 8 months ago
i have the book! her story is very sad... even with justin timberlake
Mike F 8 months ago (edited)
He's a d0uche. Glad the "world tour" got fvcked up.
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#3
Apple slowing down their phones when a new one releases.
BeesEelsAndPups 8 months ago
This has been an Apple move since before the iPhone. Enforced obsolescence is the term for it. Apple's view is that you're just renting their products, but you never really own it.
General Stukov 8 months ago
That's the rest of the ecosystem now believed in that mantra, enforced obsolescence and if you look into a lot of your game devices, tech devices,ect ect. There is just an acceptance people have to get rid of something that is perfectly functional but for whatever reason it's stopped working. Now companies will push out an update that will brick your device if you so much as fart on the device while it's in your pocket. Valve is the only company that openly welcomed users to modify their tech and you still keep a warranty (mind you it does limit the warranty on screen repair and battery missing i think.) Pay with your money, your apple products suck because people keep buying them. So being a cash cow.
Load More Replies... Cpt. Christan "Panda Bombero" 8 months ago
Planned obsolescence, should be completely illegal, and charged as fraud and/or theft of services.
Gossip and rumors come in all flavors. Some are light and silly, others can cause a little chaos, and once in a while, they accidentally help someone out. Take the entertainment world, for example. Sometimes a juicy rumor about an actor joining a big movie spreads before anything is even confirmed. And surprisingly, all that buzz can actually work in their favor. Producers see the hype, think “why not?” and boom, they land a cameo just because the internet couldn’t stop talking.
Of course, not all rumors have a happy twist. In the world of business or celebrity life, a single whisper can spiral into a full-blown disaster. One second you’re sipping coffee, the next there’s talk about a company going bankrupt or a star caught in some scandal. And while the media usually jumps on these stories, it feels a little sneaky when you hear the scoop before it goes public. Like you’re in on something secret without even trying. It’s kind of thrilling but also kind of weird.
#4
That the writer of LOST were making it up as they went.
Turned out to be absolutely true.
Definitely a Human 8 months ago
...that the point of this thread. Rumours that turned out to be true.
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Toothless Feline 8 months ago (edited)
Yes, but in most cases where you have a continuing story, the showrunners have a plan for where things are going, so that things actually pay off. JMS wrote out an overview of the entire five years of Babylon 5 (arguably, the show that most genuinely pioneered the “arc show” concept) before he presented the idea to even a single studio—and aside from changes forced by real-world circumstances, he successfully followed that outline all the way through. By contrast, the showrunners for Lost were sometimes making up the arc one episode at a time, with no idea where the story would go from one episode to the next. It didn’t help that the show’s original creator, J.J. Abrams, royally sucks at writing endings. Not a single project he’s ever done has had a satisfying ending. Alias probably came the closest.
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ynyrhydref56 8 months ago
I'm sure it was marketed this way, no? I thought it was common knowledge
Nikole 8 months ago
They had enough material up to a certain point, but the network wouldn’t let them end it because it was so popular. Hence… the absolute mess it became, with an ending the writers swore wouldn’t be the big reveal.
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Sailing Leprechaun 7 months ago
It depends. Some which are more of a "thing of the week" style definitely tend more that direction, but those with more over arcing plot tend to have more planning, even if that planning is only a season or so at a time
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JL 8 months ago
Like many series, i assume that had a good idea which led to a planned out comprehensive story for season one. Then when they realized they had to keep going, they used anything they threw at the wall that stuck. Heroes and Revolution would also fit this category.
Toothless Feline 8 months ago
Heroes indeed was intended to be one-and-done. When the network gave them an offer they couldn’t refuse on a second season, they actually planned out an entire season’s arc before production began. Then the writers’ strike hit and they had to end the season only halfway through, which is why season two’s ending feels rushed and incomplete—it was. The show never recovered.
Load More Replies... Definitely a Human 8 months ago
With the whole story, or at least large chunks of it, pre planned.
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#5
The Tim Burton Hansel and Gretel that aired once on halloween in the 80's.
I heard for years that it was fake but I knew it was real because my dad recorded everything in the 80s and he recorded that. We let a good friend of ours borrow it and switch it over from VHS to DVD and soon after that it made its way on to the internet , and there it is now.
I know it's our copy because the tracking in the beginning is screwed up.
Still have the VHS.
Cpt. Christan "Panda Bombero" 8 months ago
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hansel_and_Gretel_(1983_TV_special)
#6
There were jokes for years about Bill Cosby being some sort of weirdo, an unwholesome man pretending to be wholesome. We all know how that turned out.
Beak Hookage 8 months ago
The slap on the wrist he subsequently received ensured that justice was finally done. s/
🇺🇦 🇵🇸 TribbleThinking 8 months ago
Janice Dickinson was shouting about being assaulted by him for decades. Whoopee Goldberg defended him. I wonder why she won't apologise to Janice. (honest question)
persephone134 8 months ago
He even made jokes on stage about drugging some of his female fans.
Richard Graham 8 months ago
Even before all of this came out, when Cosby was "America's Dad" and highly respected, there was something about him that gave me the creeps.
persephone134 8 months ago
Aren't there any secreterial vacancies left for him in the current Trump cabinet? And perhaps a full pardon for Harvey Weinstein?
To understand how gossip really plays out in the film industry, Bored Panda spoke with Anant Saripaka, an assistant director and editor who has worked on several Bollywood productions.
“There’s a lot going on behind the glamor,” he said. And he’s not just talking about the lights and camera. “It’s a buzzing world, with whispers flying around even before the cameras start rolling.” Sometimes, those whispers aren’t just stories, they turn into full-blown tabloid headlines.
#7
(For the Brits)... Jimmy Savile.
Beak Hookage 8 months ago
Knew and did nothing. People like him get away with what they do because they're protected by cowardly enablers.
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Paul C. 8 months ago
John Lydon of the S3x Pistols spoke out about Saville in an interview in 1978 and the BBC banned him. It wasn't just the Saville comments, but it got him cancelled.
Limey 8 months ago
Yes he did. He was one of the few that did and he paid a price for it
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Aileen Grist 8 months ago
Being good friends with the Royal family & Maargaret Thatcher helped Saville get away with so much
Boris Long-Johnson 8 months ago
The royal family are hardly innocent either - Just look at Prince Nonce.
Load More Replies... Eastendbird 8 months ago
Things that are always missed out of this conversation: Saville raised a ton of money for charity, which made him harder to criticise, whilst at the same time he was notoriously litigious, would threaten to sue at any hint of calling him out for anything. Lynn Barber, the journalist, actually asked him about the rumours when she interviewed him and was vilified by many people for even asking. So yes, did some people know, absolutely, but I think it's unlikely that it was common knowledge for everyone in a position of authority.
Lara Verne 8 months ago
Savile was wealthy and had a lot of equally wealthy friends.... So he got away with everything.
Sheena Leversedge Wood 7 months ago
I can't believe how many people said they were shocked when it came out. he was always creepy, and there was very obviously something dodgy about him. I can fully understand not having pinned down what the nature of his "wrongness" was, but to be surprised he was a wrong'un. nahhhh. I don't see how people didn't know he was dodgy in SOME way.
#8
This pre-dates the internet but there was always a rumor that you could jump over the flagpole in Super Mario Bros. Even as a kid in the 80s I thought it was b******t. Turns out it’s true lol.
Gracie Jay 8 months ago
So just looked it up because I couldn’t remember if anything special happened after jumping over it, plus my game glitched shortly after (which wasn’t unusual)and turns out jumping over the flag is what caused it to glitch. They corrected it in the newer games.
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StrangeOne 8 months ago
You had to run really fast through the whole level, run up the stairs full speed and jump. Me and my half brother did it a lot.
Sheena Leversedge Wood 7 months ago
so many people thought I was making it up when I said I completed Tetris on Game boy. they insisted it just carries on until you lose. BUT it doesn't. you finish the last level (if I remember right it was 100) and then a little rocket takes off.
Maples Dad 8 months ago
Don't think you can in the original but there is one game where can and there would be an extra little game afterwards. Game 3 for the SNES maybe.
#9
Diddy has had a long history and reputation for his behavior for ages before everything started hitting the fan. I'm talking decades...
Julia Cargile 8 months ago
I am thrilled he's been in jail since Sept. and hopefully will be for the rest of his pitiful life.
“There are so many people on a film set,” Anant explained. “From technicians to assistants to makeup artists, there are always eyes and ears around.” He added that if someone sees an actor stepping out of a co-star’s trailer, it doesn’t take long before assumptions start flying. “Maybe they were just rehearsing lines, but someone sees it and boom, next thing you know, there’s a gossip column about a secret affair.”
Actors spend long hours on set, and the line between personal and professional gets blurry fast. “Sometimes they’re stuck in their vanity vans for hours with stylists and artists. And yes, people overhear things,” Anant said. One personal call or emotional moment, and suddenly there's talk. “It doesn’t take much for one overheard sentence to snowball into something it never was.”
#10
Just before the pandemic hit there was running joke online about plagues in 1920 and 1820 and that there would be one in 2020.
Joe Reaves 8 months ago
If all the diseases we had under control but that are coming back due to antivaxxers don't take the opportunity to become treatment resistant or mutate sure. I wouldn't feel bad about antivaxxers dying of them but it's usually their children that suffer. Because their parents vaccinated them so they're fine, but their kids are dying.
Load More Replies... Lynchamigsakta 8 months ago
Well every virologist has been saying it's a question of when and not if for as long as I can remember so it's hardly shocking.
Chewie Baron 8 months ago
Everyone (well, mainly the Brits) remembers the Great Fire Of London in 1666. But did you know that a year before there had been the Great Plague of 1665. What the fire helped to do was to eradicate any lingering sources of another plague. Maybe we need another Great Fire somewhere.
Becca not Becky 8 months ago
I remember that. COVID was emerging on the radar in China and I wondered if that was going to fulfill the trend.
Definitely a Human 8 months ago
That's not a rumour that turned out to be true: it's a coincidence that was predicted
Mark (it/urgh) 8 months ago
Apart from the fact COVID 19 appeared in 2019 (hance the name) and Spanish flu appeared in 1918, you're bang on. Well done. Plus you're forgetting the H1N1 pandemic we had in 2009, ppl forget about that one because it was dealt with PROPERLY.
Mook The Mediocre 8 months ago
With a hurricane 87 years later? The hurricane must be GOD's vengeance for that pandemic because it suits my ideology *perfectly*!
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Before the Internet, there were persistent rumors that Steve McQueen, the white one, had terminal cancer, and later that Rock Hudson and Freddie Mercury had AIDS, rumors that all of them denied.
All of those rumors turned out to be true.
Shelli Aderman 8 months ago
It was very different back then, folks didn’t have the luxury to come out as they do now, alas.
Lee451 Henderson 8 months ago
Fteddie Mercury's death probably did more to make homosexuality acceptable and to bring the seriousness of AIDS to the straight people than anything else
Ahnjunwan 8 months ago
Freddy mercury never came out. I like that fact a lot, because why would he? Nobodies business
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Russell Bowman 8 months ago
Steve McQueen was an avid racer, car and motorcycle, and developed Mesothelioma ... a cancer from asbestos exposure. The asbestos was most likely from his fire proof suit worn whilst racing.
#12
I still don't know if this has ever proven to be true, but there have been lots of rumors about John Travolta's gay affairs, even a 6-year affair with his pilot. In 2009, Carrie Fisher alluded to the fact that it was a well-known secret in Hollywood, saying "I mean, my feeling about John has always been that we know and we don’t care.".
Mook The Mediocre 8 months ago
I care more about his scientology bullshít. I refuse to watch anything he or Tom Cruise or any similar Fúckologist spews forth.
CP 8 months ago (edited)
I don't separate Scientology from any of the other BS people believe with flimsy to no evidence. I would rather everyone just cared about humans rather than religions and gods.
Load More Replies... Beak Hookage 8 months ago
Some people think his marriage was arranged by the CoS to hide this fact.
Pencil 8 months ago
The CoS calls homosexuality "a dangerous perversion" so, yeah, they'd definitely want to keep that under wraps.
Load More Replies... Featherytoad 8 months ago
I think Scientology hold that over his head, and that's why he has stuck in that cult.
Tropical Tarot 8 months ago
Rumors that John Travolta was gay have been around since the early 80s at least. At that time you could not be gay and a leading man. There were rumors that his marriage was arranged and that she was contracted to provide a certain number of children. And then one of the kids dies and lo and behold she has another baby after that a miracle baby.
Joe Publique 8 months ago
Not a rumour. The same goes for another exceptionally litigious diminutive superstar.
Ace 8 months ago
Why the fück does anyone care if he's gay or bi? That's his choice, nobody else's.
Joe Reaves 8 months ago
For most of his career though it would have been a career killer and by now he's been lying so long that coming out might feel like those years were all wasted. Sunk cost fallacy and all that.
Load More Replies... Eastendbird 8 months ago (edited)
Apparently when John Travolta was in the movie Swordfish with Vinnie Jones (ex-footballer/soccer player with a reputation as a tough guy) everyone knew that Vinnie was exactly John's type and that John was likely to make a pass at him. The big debate was: who's got the nerve to let Vinnie know so he's warned in advance...no-one volunteered.
katiekat0214 8 months ago
Lived in Los Angeles, and the gym I went to was one that apparently Travolta would cruise regularly. Was told by my trainer, who had seen him multiple times. I never saw him, or recognized him, but then again, I'm a middle aged woman, so sheer relief at that!
“I’ve heard crew members sharing some really questionable stuff,” Anant admitted. “It could be a half-truth, or just something taken out of context but people believe it anyway.” He said it doesn’t even need to be intentional. One whisper spreads to another person, and before you know it, it’s grown legs and is running wild across the set.
#13
Ted Cruz being spotted on a plane to Cancun. Initially dismissed as a Twitter rumor. Then, looool.
Snazzy Smurf 8 months ago
And, now Cancun Cruz can not escape his past. Besides blaming it on his daughters, he also left his poor pup in the house. The news here in Houston tore him up.
nottheactualphoto 8 months ago
He went to Cancun during the height of covid. Who does he think he is, Boris Johnson?
Cpt. Christan "Panda Bombero" 8 months ago (edited)
Meanwhile: The official death toll from the 2021 Texas winter storm was 246 people. While the state's official count is at 246, some reports suggest the actual number of deaths may be much higher. Texas's deregulated energy grid significantly contributed to the deadly freezing weather event in February 2021. The system, which was designed to be competitive, lacked the necessary regulations and incentives for power companies to adequately winterize their infrastructure and ensure sufficient power generation during extreme cold weather. This, combined with the grid's isolation from other major grids, resulted in widespread power outages and freezing temperatures, leading to numerous deaths. Texas had numerous warnings before the 2021 grid failure. Experts, regulators, and previous calamities, including the 2011 blackout, repeatedly cautioned that the grid was vulnerable to cold weather. Federal authorities even issued a report after the 2011 storm highlighting inadequate "winterization".
Elbert Jones 7 months ago
Ted cruz fled the state of Texas during a severe winter storm. Many of his constiuents had their home pipes severely freeze up. It took weeks for the repair crews to help people. Cruz got caught because his family was flying on a commercial airline flight. No one would of spotted him if he'd chartered a private jet.
#14
One of the most infamous examples is the "Tide Pod Challenge." It began as an internet rumor and meme in 2017, where people joked about eating laundry detergent pods. Unfortunately, some individuals took it seriously and actually attempted to consume them, leading to numerous cases of poisoning and hospitalization.
Herobrine 8 months ago
The news blew it up. Just like everything, they blow it all up. Labelling it as a “challenge”. And it never was. It was all jokes and making fun of how stupid it was. But the news? No. They took it too seriously and far. Noone was actually doing it until the news made a mountain out of a mole hill. Mat pat on FT explains it better.
Elbert Jones 7 months ago
This reminds me of something trump did during the Covid panademic. He actually said the injectinc bleach would cure you. Several poison control centers got swamped with calls because a lot of MAGA cultist actually believed him.
Dogcat vet (retired) 8 months ago
Just was at Vons and Walmart looking for some. At Vons, its locked up in a case by the front registers. At Walmart, its on the top shelf (with me on my scooter lol). So its still a concern (and they all have warnings on them about not eating them with pictures)
#15
Rob ford, years ago while mayor of Toronto was rumoured to be a crack user, and he was.
Historyherstory (old guy) 8 months ago
Cheers to breaking stereotypes... er, okay...nevermind.
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#16
Thousands upon thousands of copies of the Atari E.T game being buried in the desert.
Mary Rose 8 months ago
There was an overproduction of the game and the reviews reviews were incredibly bad. With reason: the game was trash. And it wasn't selling. So Atari wanted the nightmare to go away and they buried hundreds of thousands of copies and then pretended that it never existed. That is, until the cartridges were found.
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Cpt. Christan "Panda Bombero" 8 months ago (edited)
On July 27, 1982, after negotiations were completed, Kassar called Howard Scott Warshaw to commission him as developer of the video game adaptation. Kassar informed him that Spielberg asked for Warshaw specifically and that development had to be completed by September 1 to meet a production schedule for the Christmas holiday season.
#17
Michael Jackson writing the music for Sonic 3
He actually did, but was never credited on the game because it would breach his contract with his record label
Edit: great video here
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_Uko0fCp86c.
#18
Trekkies pretty much knew that George Takei is gay before he was officially "out.".
“And that’s the thing,” Anant added, “once it’s out there, it’s out there.” Even if the story is denied, corrected, or clarified, people still talk. “Gossip has a life of its own. It spreads fast, and people love passing it on like hot tea.” He said it’s not about what’s true, it’s about what’s juicy.
#19
The "Lost Doctor Who Episodes" that my mom and her friends always talked about. Turns out, there really are episodes that went missing.
Aileen Grist 8 months ago
They used to overwrite tape, never thought of people wanting to watch them again 20 years + in the future
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Toothless Feline 8 months ago
Most of the “lost episodes” have since been at least partially recovered as stills and/or audio tracks. I think there’s only two or three left that are still completely missing.
#20
Carrie Fisher's heart attack. Some a*****e who was on the same flight was livetweeting the whole medical emergency and justified it by insisting she was just making sure the family was informed.
#21
I remember seeing rumours about Kevin Spacey on Tumblr before everything came out. I think it was around 2013-15. The post was talking about how he was secretly gay, and that back in his hometown he was known for always spending time with young men. I told my friends about it cause we were big House of Cards fans, and none of them believed me. Then it all came out a few years later!
But it’s not always mindless drama. “We work so closely with these people, we get to see their real selves,” Anant said. “Some actresses who seem sweet on camera are very different off it.” He noted that the person you see in interviews or on magazine covers isn’t always who they are behind the scenes. “Sometimes the image doesn’t match the reality but that’s showbiz.”
#22
I distinctly remember some rumors about the reason why Bruce Willis was taking so many roles in s****y movies before it was announced he has dementia.
Detroit Citizen 8 months ago
I hadnt heard this (not really keeping up with it tho). If its true, even more props to a legend. Id do the same thing for my family. Work and take whatever i could before i couldnt.
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Peeka_Mimi 8 months ago
I was wondering why all his most recent movies, weren't even watchable. Fortunately he has a solid legacy of great acting.
#23
Ricky Martin’s sexuality.
Mook The Mediocre 8 months ago
... and most of us didn't give a flying fúck...
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#24
The stuff about Louis CK was floating around the Internet for years before it all blew up.
Same with Harvey Weinstein.
“Still, I don’t engage in unnecessary gossip,” Anant concluded. “You never know what someone’s going through.” He believes in keeping a respectful distance, even if others don’t. “It’s better to stay out of it than say something you’ll regret. After all, people remember who started the whisper.”
#25
Some banned episodes or scenes of cartoons
For example, I remember there was a Dexter’s Lab cartoon where he clones evil versions of DeDe and himself and they swear like every other word (censored of course), and people debated whether it even existed cause they only aired it like once. Now it’s pretty accessible online.
Tropical Tarot 8 months ago
Oh there's an episode of Family Guy where Lois has an abortion. It's in less good taste than Prom Night Dumpster Baby.
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Unfortunately, what Josh Duggar did to his sisters. There was a comment on a post about the Duggars on a fairly popular Duggar blog in the comments section that gave pretty exact details almost a decade or so before In Touch got the actual police reports and broke the story widely and publicly. The possibility of what happened had been discussed in conjunction with a lot of use of the word allegedly in internet forums related to the Duggars and Christian fundamentalism for years before it was confirmed because of that post. I often *really* wonder who made that comment because it wasn't a guess- it had way too many correct details to be a guess - and it was really only that post they ever commented on.
Matt Blakeley 8 months ago
As everyone else is saying, be glad you don't know who they are.
Load More Replies... Snazzy Smurf 8 months ago
He abused his sisters and had child images on his computer. Being a Christian is also based on actions. Going to church on Sunday and then being a hot mess that hurts people the other days is something different. Also, constantly saying one is a Christian doesn't exactly make one so. Realities that continue to hurt people isn't Christianly.
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#27
Dan Schneider. Though we don’t know exactly what all has happened, I think there was always whispers on the internet because of the obsession with feet on his shows.
Beak Hookage 8 months ago
Not to mention the actresses CONSTANTLY getting squirted in the face with various substances. Or what he did to two of the female writers on staff.
Pencil 8 months ago
Those shows came long after my time but I watched the documentary and was shocked by how sexual it was. How any of it was even allowed to air is beyond me.
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In the case of today’s post, though, those whispers ended up being spot on. Some of the rumors shared were shockingly accurate. So, which one caught you off guard? Which rumor did you hear before it made the headlines? Tell us in the comments and maybe keep your ears open next time you're near a trailer van. You never know.
#28
In the BBS days, during the Judas Priest subliminal message trial, there was a rumor that frontman Rob Halford was gay. It was the early 90s and not too believable at the time; heck, even George Michael wasn’t out yet.
But now, “Halford describes himself as ‘the stately homo of heavy metal’”.
Jerome Lenovo 8 months ago
and the drummer Dave Holland was a p**o and in 2003 he also was found guilty of attempting to r**e a wheelchair-bound teenager with a learning disability who was receiving drum lessons.
#29
In 1998, US Men’s National Team captain John Harkes was shockingly cut from the team right before the World Cup. The coach claimed it was because Harkes wouldn’t fit into his new preferred formation, but rumors flew on the early internet that it was actually because he had slept with his teammate Eric Wynalda’s wife. The rumor was so well-known in soccer circles that Harkes expressly denied it in his autobiography the next year.
Fast forward 12 years to 2010 and Wynalda admits it’s true. The coach then came out and admitted it was why he dropped Harkes, but that he’d planned to keep the secret as long as Wynalda did.
Chewie Baron 8 months ago
One of the reasons why Manchester U tied were able to buy Eric Cantona so easily and cheaply from Leeds United (cost about £1.1m) was that he’d been having a brief affair with the wife of teammate Lee Chapman, Lesley Ash (the actress). One of the Leeds players rang an Untied player to warn them to never leave Cantona alone e with any of their wives.
John O'Donnell 8 months ago
Not true. He was banging the wife of one of the directors. Even after they sold Cantona, the director still left and took his money with him, which is why they had to sell David Batty.
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I knew fellow firefighters who did this. It was why, as a rookie firefighter, I would say it to their face; " if I cannot trust you with my wife, I do not trust you with my life."
#30
In 2010 Joaquin Phoenix infamously announced that he was quitting his acting career for good and becoming a rapper.
NO ONE believed it and so many people on the internet said it was just a performance for a mockumentary movie. And he then later released a mockumentary movie about it and admitted it was all a gag, to the surprise of no one.
Beak Hookage 8 months ago
What with that and acting all weird in interviews I thought he'd lost his mind! Say what you will about the guy but he sure doesn't do anything by halves.
fjnh66gkqr 6 months ago
"I´m still here" was perfect, really blurred the lines between fiction and truth
#31
The Internet getting grossed out by Dane Cook starting to date his now-wife when he was 45 and she was 19 stands out to me, because back in like 2004-2005, he actually had his AIM username on his website so fans could talk to him...it was quickly figured out in his fan circles that his first message was always the classic "A/S/L?" and if you weren't a girl under the age of ~20, he wouldn't bother responding to your messages anymore. People knew he liked them young...then it's like everyone forgot for a decade or so.
#32
I’m not sure if this should technically count, but Chris Benoit’s murder/s*****e. Benoit misses a PPV and some teenager posts online that he missed the show because his wife Nancy has died.
Flash forward 14 hours later and cops find Nancy’s dead body, along with their son and Chris himself, all dead.
Turns out some kid had just heard some random rumors online and posted it up on Wikipedia. Cops grabbed all his computers, brought him in, and eventually cleared him calling it an “unbelievable hindrance” to their investigation.
#33
Monica Lewinsky’s blue dress as evidence. Early days of the internet-reported by drudgereport.
Detroit Citizen 8 months ago
Im gonna age myself, but I liked Clinton just because i was a teen and he played the sax on Arsenio Hall. I wasnt into politics at all at that age. But I absolutely love Monica. She is such a strong woman. That one tweet where you were asked if you did something at work and you regret it, she replied with only that emoji (my pc doesnt have it, the eye roll one), LEGENDARY!! I wish her nothing but the best.
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Historyherstory (old guy) 8 months ago
Early 20s girl adjacent to the most powerful man in the free world. I'm no lefty, but bruh!!!! Tell me you don't have daughters without saying you don't have daughters.
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Elbert Jones 7 months ago
During the Monica Lewinsky scandal;A bill was being considered by the U.S. Congress. If it passed; ALL pornography would be outlawed from the web in the U.S. . A man testified against the proposed bill. He held up a copy of thr STARR report.Then he said " A Republican put this into the Congressional record. It's now all ovbere the web. If this bill gets passed; it would VIOLATE the law. So who's going to pay the fine?"
#34
That you can get Mew in Pokemon Red and Blue by following some incredibly specific and ridiculous set of actions which have nothing to do with catching a pokemon and make no sense. It was obviously nonsense and could never actually work.
And then someone found the mew glitch. Where you go to route 25 and let the Youngster there see you, but you pause the game and fly to cerulean city on the frame before he comes into view. All your buttons will be disabled so you go back to the youngster and fight him again for real. Note that he has to walk up to you. If the engagement happens without him walking it won't work.
This restores your controls. Then you fly to lavender town and open the menu once. Then you walk to route 8 and the menu will open itself. When you close the menu, you'll enter a battle against Mew.
David Jeffery 8 months ago
I know it's English but I understood none of this. Of course, I'm not a gamer....
#35
I'd been reading on the internet for the last few years that Ben Kissel, one of the hosts of Last Podcast on the Left, was a bit of a misogynist. The hosts of the podcast used to be much more into edgy humour that could cause some side eye, but apparently comments Ben made were strong enough to give a few people pause. There were a few comments saying it didn't sound like just jokes, it sounded like they're was an undercurrent of anger. Ben had a current image of being the lovable Everyman and had a lot of fans. I took these comments with a grain of salt, just internet opinions and gossip. There was also a long running joke that he was an alcoholic.
Turns out it was true. Dude has recently been accused of abusing an ex of his, has appeared to have been forced into rehab, and has been booted from the show.
#36
That North Korea hacked Sony Pictures because of The Interview movie.
Chewie Baron 8 months ago
I love that quip by Tina Fey when she co-hosted the Golden Globes, and said that the comment by North Korea on the film was not the worst review!
#37
Josh Duggar was mentioned on some forums not too long after he and his family got their TV show.
Snazzy Smurf 8 months ago
Too bad there weren't consequences before the computer thing and 7 kids.
#38
Matthew McConaughey has terrible BO, I wonder if it’s a medical thing; maybe medication? Or the man doesn’t shower properly lol.
Mark (it/urgh) 8 months ago
Apparently he doesn't use deodorant, he prefers au naturelle according to an old interview.
#39
God I am not gonna get the details of this right, but here's the broad strokes:
Random dude is playing xbox live and overhears an NFL player talking to his agent about a trade. Posts it to the NFL subreddit and gets clowned. Trade is confirmed a few days later.
#40
Because of all the fake death notices, no one believed at first that Paul Walker had actually died.
#41
That Bruce Jenner was transitioning.
DaisyBee 8 months ago
Apparently it was long known before but the actual announcement was more than a little convenient
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Apparently he was going to transition many years ago but then he met Kris Jenner
#42
Allison Mack and NXIVM. I read stories on message boards a few years prior to any major reports and arrests.
Genuinely thought it was conspiracy theories bc there weren't any actual news reporting it at the time and thought she was a random celeb chosen for trolling.
#43
The Richard Gere rumour is a fascinating example of homophobia targeting a straight man who was a little too comfortable being a s*x symbol, and playing queer characters, for the culture. The fantastic Hollywood history podcast You Must Remember This did a great episode touching on it.
Apatheist Account2 8 months ago
I recall someone telling a story about asking Michael Caine if Gere was gay, and he answered "Put it this way, he'd help them out if they were short-handed."
phantomhit 8 months ago
The way I understand it was Gere pissed off Stallone and he made up the rumor.
RamiRudolph 8 months ago
Does that have anything to do with the rumors about him and the... gerbils?
Cole Earnhart 8 months ago
That was a real rumor? I thought that was just a Family guy joke!
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That Jerry Falwell Jr. enjoyed his wife hooking up with the pool boy.
DaisyBee 8 months ago
“Don’t kink shame me!” “But kink shaming is my kink!!”
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Paris Hilton having a secret hobby of collecting and repairing WW2 era radios.
Leonardo DiCaprio wearing noise cancelling headphones and vaping while having s*x.
Beak Hookage 8 months ago
I'm just gonna chime in with a "wait, WHAT?" of my own.
Load More Replies... nottheactualphoto 8 months ago
If that's true about Paris Hilton, then my opinion of her has improved significantly.
StrangeOne 8 months ago
I've always been a fan. She created a character that people thought was real. She's actually really smart and resourceful.
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Helen Rohrlach 8 months ago
Oh, that's an interesting hobby Paris has. Leonardo DiCaprio wearing......WTF!!
#46
The wholesome family-oriented dude from try guys cheating on his wife with his co-worker, who was engaged in a 8-year long relationship. The ironic part is he was always imposing himself as a perfect family dude with Christin morals. 💀 I heard about this rumour on Reddit a few months before it was revealed. I didn’t believe it at first, but ya..
Tropical Tarot 8 months ago
It's an internet show that started on YouTube I Believe as a bunch of guys who would try all sorts of different things. I know they tried lingerie that's where I first saw them. One of them got caught screwing around and he disappeared from the show.
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#47
The secret cow level in Diablo. It was added to Diablo 2, retrospectively transforming the internet rumour into a prophecy.
#48
John Edward’s love child.
Beak Hookage 8 months ago
I used to follow a cartoonist (his stuff was called "The Pain" but he seems to have since quit) who didn't know who his father was and also bore a very striking resemblance to John Edward. You can guess what the running gag was between him and his friends.
#49
Clinton cheating with Monica.
UKGrandad 8 months ago
Compare and contrast how the Republicans' reacted to Clinton's affair with what they are prepared to overlook when it comes to Trump.
Historyherstory (old guy) 8 months ago
Love your insights normally, but to some people both are equally vacuous! One preyed on a 20 something girl, one on a adult movie actress. Both are someone's daughters. Moral equivalence does not matter here.
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Annik Perrot 8 months ago (edited)
In France we don't care, or just share à laugh about it. It's their private life and doesn't impact the way they manage the country.
#50
The Sesame Street short “Cracks”. Probably not exactly what you’re looking for, but still interesting!
What do you think ?
persephone134 8 months ago
Sinead O'Connor accusing the Catholic church of child abuse. She was treated like a witch. Literally. People burned her CDs in effigy.
Richard Graham 8 months ago
Just about everything about Donald Trump. How many posting will there be about his horrible behavior before people finally catch on?
Ahnjunwan 8 months ago
A lot of people here were rumours had it thst they were gay. I think that people think that of a lot of people and sometimes it turns out to be true. This is sad because for one thing, it should not matter of it is true or not and i do not understand why people feel they are entitled to the "truth" of somebodies personal live. Also it is sad for another reason, wich is that gay actors or celebs just can not come out or the career is very likely over. I do at least not know of a single example were a high class actor came out and nobody cared. We are very far from that openminded society we pretend to be. And i am getting controversial now, i believe this dogma that we have to accept everybody the way he or she is makes it worse. Somebody comes out and we have to celebrate the bravery and forgot about the fact that it is first of all a person and not just a gay
Ace 8 months ago (edited)
Yes, or the TL;DR, as I posted on the Travolta one, why the fück does anyone care if they're gay? It tells me more about the person making such a claim than it does about the person they're aiming it at.
Load More Replies... Historyherstory (old guy) 8 months ago
Interesting how our beliefs affect our judgement based on who, what, when, where and how we receive that information.
persephone134 8 months ago
Sinead O'Connor accusing the Catholic church of child abuse. She was treated like a witch. Literally. People burned her CDs in effigy.
Richard Graham 8 months ago
Just about everything about Donald Trump. How many posting will there be about his horrible behavior before people finally catch on?
Ahnjunwan 8 months ago
A lot of people here were rumours had it thst they were gay. I think that people think that of a lot of people and sometimes it turns out to be true. This is sad because for one thing, it should not matter of it is true or not and i do not understand why people feel they are entitled to the "truth" of somebodies personal live. Also it is sad for another reason, wich is that gay actors or celebs just can not come out or the career is very likely over. I do at least not know of a single example were a high class actor came out and nobody cared. We are very far from that openminded society we pretend to be. And i am getting controversial now, i believe this dogma that we have to accept everybody the way he or she is makes it worse. Somebody comes out and we have to celebrate the bravery and forgot about the fact that it is first of all a person and not just a gay
Ace 8 months ago (edited)
Yes, or the TL;DR, as I posted on the Travolta one, why the fück does anyone care if they're gay? It tells me more about the person making such a claim than it does about the person they're aiming it at.
Load More Replies... Historyherstory (old guy) 8 months ago
Interesting how our beliefs affect our judgement based on who, what, when, where and how we receive that information.
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