YouTuber Says He ‘Fooled’ Web With Faux Amber Heard Image

• A YouTuber referred to as “Classify” posted a video titled, “I Fooled the Web With A Faux Amber Heard.”
• The YouTuber mentioned he requested a girl who regarded like Heard to pose with an enormous glass of wine. 
• The image unfold on Twitter after the YouTuber requested a preferred influencer to share it. 

A YouTuber mentioned he “fooled” individuals with a pretend image of Amber Heard subsequent to an enormous glass of wine, in a video posted on June 21. 

The YouTuber, who usually posts vlogs and prank movies, goes by the nickname “Classify” on social media, and his actual title is unknown. He mentioned in his video, which presently has 11,000 views, that he requested a girl who regarded much like Amber Heard to pose with a wine glass for a photograph so he might attempt to make it go viral on social media. 

—David Sisneros (@ImDavidSisneros) June 12, 2022

The picture referenced a second from Heard’s defamation trial in opposition to Johnny Depp when certainly one of Heard’s legal professional’s requested Depp if he had drunk a “mega pint of crimson wine,” which sparked jokes on-line and have become referred to as the “mega pint” meme. 

After the picture was posted on-line by the YouTuber’s buddy, it unfold on Twitter, receiving 57,000 likes. Whereas many individuals mentioned they thought the image was not really of Heard, some individuals appeared to consider it and reshared the picture on their timelines. 

Right here is how the YouTuber mentioned he filmed the prank. 

The YouTuber mentioned he requested a girl who regarded like Amber Heard to pose for a photograph

In March 2019, Depp sued Heard for defamation following a 2018 op-ed she wrote saying she had been abused, which didn’t point out Depp by title. Heard filed a $100 million counterclaim. On June 1, 2022, a jury discovered each events accountable for defamation, awarding Depp $15 million in damages and Heard $2 million. 

The trial captivated social media customers, with Depp changing into the clear favourite to win from early on. Some individuals mocked Heard and her supporters on-line, and others unfold misinformation and baseless rumors concerning the actor and her authorized group. 

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In his video, “Classify” mentioned, “Social media has been identified to be the supply of faux information and we have seen how simply the general public is tricked into pondering issues are true. So we determined to make our personal information and make you consider the not possible.” 

He went on to say that he made contact with a girl, named Kseniia Dubovitz, who “regarded very very like Amber” on social media.

He then mentioned he requested her to pose with a glass of wine as a part of his prank. “We thought, ‘How loopy wouldn’t it be if Amber Heard was noticed in Hollywood ingesting her personal mega pint of wine,” he mentioned within the video. 

In an announcement offered to Insider, Dubovitz confirmed she was within the video and mentioned she didn’t have any “unhealthy” intentions, including, “I am fairly open for brand spanking new enjoyable issues, so when the man linked with me I believed it could be enjoyable.”

Within the video, the YouTuber could possibly be seen taking footage of a blonde girl who was carrying sun shades and sitting at a desk with a glass of crimson wine. 

At one level within the video, the YouTuber mentioned they moved to a “location the place celebrities had been identified to have lunch in LA,” when an individual in a tour bus that had a TMZ emblem on it, who gave the impression to be a vacationer, could possibly be heard shouting, “Amber, how are you doing?” within the group’s route.

The YouTuber mentioned he requested a much bigger influencer to get entangled and assist convey consideration to the pretend picture 

Within the video, “Classify” mentioned he requested a preferred YouTuber referred to as FaZe Blaze, who has 3.3 million subscribers and is a part of the controversial esports collective FaeZ Clan, to share the picture of his Amber Heard look-a-like on Twitter. 

FaZe Blaze, whose actual title is Lucas Mosing, posted a picture of a blonde girl with a big glass of wine on Twitter on June 11, with a caption that learn, “Loopy LA second.. My woman and I ran into Amber Heard at lunch.” 

—Blaze (@FaZeBlaze) June 11, 2022

The picture now has 57,000 likes and a pair of,900 quote tweets, with some individuals showing to consider the picture was respectable. Some of those individuals appeared to mock Heard by referencing the “mega pint” meme, whereas one individual mentioned they thought the actor regarded “pressured” within the image.

Different customers appeared to consider the image was of Heard however was taken with out her “consent,” and these customers criticized Mosing for sharing the picture on his timeline.

Whereas some individuals believed the stunt, many individuals on Twitter mentioned they thought the image was pretend

“Classify” mentioned the image was “100% pretend” in his video, and filmed himself speaking with a person, who he mentioned was Mosing, over a video name concerning the variety of likes and impressions the prank tweet acquired. 

“It is really loopy how many individuals fell into your lure. I really cannot consider how little individuals referred to as out the BS,” the person who gave the impression to be Mosing mentioned within the video. 

—C💜 (@carrieewhyy) June 12, 2022

Nevertheless, on June 12, many customers referred to the girl within the image as a “random” individual, saying they didn’t consider the picture was of Heard. One Twitter consumer mentioned they “reported” Mosing’s tweet for sharing “deceptive” data and inspired different individuals to report the tweet as effectively. The consumer’s tweet has 62 likes. 

Representatives for Amber Heard, Lucas Mosing, and “Classify” didn’t instantly reply to Insider’s request for remark. 

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