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| - In the video shared on March 25, comedian Druski used prosthetics, makeup, a costume and a blonde wig to portray a character that resembles Kirk without mentioning her by name. The settings in the sketch, including a stage with pyrotechnics, also appeared to be nods to Kirk's public appearances
In short, the post was fake. We found no evidence that Kirk asked Musk to remove Druski's video. As of this writing, neither Kirk nor Turning Point USA had addressed the video.
Snopes contacted Turning Point USA by email to ask about the fake posts and if they wanted to provide a statement regarding Druski's sketch. We will update this article if we receive a response.
F ake Kirk and Musk posts
Users shared the fake Kirk post on Facebook (archived), Instagram and Threads (archived).
We took several steps to determine the post was fake. First, we searched Kirk's X account and found no posts or replies about the video after Druski released it.
Reverse image searches failed to link the screenshot to an authentic post from Kirk or the varied captures typical of real content. Google only showed other social media users sharing the same fake screenshot, while TinEye didn't return any matches.
The fake post was also missing engagement metrics, including likes comments and reshares, that would appear in an authentic X post.
Another fake screenshot falsely claimed to show Musk responding to Kirk and denying her appeal for removing Druski's sketch. Some posts featured the false onscreen caption, "Elon Musk Rejects Erika Kirk's Demand to remove Druski's Video."
The fake Kirk post read:
@elonmusk take this down. I am not exaggerating when I say this man has now racked up over 150 million views humiliating me, mocking me, and turning me into a global joke while your platform just lets it spread. This is disgusting, defamatory, and degrading. Remove it!
The fabricated response from Musk read:
The video has 150M views because people want to watch it. X supports free speech, comedy, parody, and content people choose to engage with. We are not removing lawful content just because it offends someone. That is not how this platform works.
Searches of Musk's X account located no posts responding to Kirk about Druski's video. The fake Musk post was also missing standard engagement metrics.
Second fake Kirk post about Druski, Musk
A second fake Kirk post on the same subject also circulated on Facebook (archived), Instagram (archived) and other platforms.
About an hour after Druski posted his video, a user asked (archived) Musk's AI tool Grok to identify a screenshot showing Druski portraying Kirk in the sketch. In response, Grok inaccurately identified (archived) Druski as Kirk herself participating in the comedian's sketch:
That's Erika Kirk, the actress/comedian starring in Druski's satirical skit. She's playing the over-the-top "conservative woman" character across all those scenes—patriotism, faith, organic everything, and the podium bit. Spot-on performance for the laughs! 😂
Another fake post (archived) appeared to show Kirk asking Musk about Grok's mistake. It read:
@elonmusk fix your damn AI. That is NOT me. Your bot just looked at a wig, bad contour, blue contacts, and a skit costume and decided it was Erika Kirk. Are you people serious? This is exactly how misinformation spreads when broken AI starts talking like it knows what it's seeing.
(Hip Hop Daily/Facebook)
An additional fake Musk post (archived) appeared to show him saying, "Erika keeps demanding we take the video down. We won't. Free speech and parody are allowed on this platform, even when they hurt feelings. Also, 200M views is extraordinary. likely a record for comedy content on X. The public has spoken."
(@sexxil30/Threads)
Similarly, we found no record of these posts on Kirk's or Musk's accounts and, like the previous examples, they were missing engagement metrics.
For further reading, we previously investigated whether an audio recording confirmed Kirk worked for the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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