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| - In late October 2024, an alleged screenshot of a tweet from conservative commentator Ben Shapiro spread (archived) on X with the caption, "Are we all just gonna forget that he posted this." The alleged tweet read: "The idea that Sydney Sweeney's b**** have 'ended wokeness' is patently absurd. My sister has far larger and more beautiful breasts and they have done far more for the Right than some Hollywood harlot."
(X user @SuspectFed)
"What a weirdo. But his sister does have nice b****," one X user commented, while another noted, "There's no way this is real tweet."
Another X post, which reached over 1.2 million views as of this writing, captioned the purported tweet: "It's crazy that he would post this without any shame."
But the viral tweet was fabricated, so we have rated this claim as fake.
Google reverse image-search results showed the image was previously shared in late March, April, and May 2024. The post resurfaced in October 2024, but no evidence exists that Shapiro ever posted the tweet.
The fake tweet surfaced after Sydney Sweeney's "Saturday Night Live" appearance in March 2024, when some commentators joked that her leaning into a traditionally voluptuous appearance signaled an "end to wokeness."
A search on Shapiro's profile on X for the alleged phrases he posted yielded no relevant results. Moreover, no reputable sources reported on his alleged words.
Furthermore, in April 2024, two fact-checking organizations, PolitiFact and CheckYourFact, debunked the alleged tweet. A spokesperson for The Daily Wire, which Shapiro co-founded, told PolitiFact in April 2024 that Shapiro didn't make the statement.
We have reached out to The Daily Wire for comment and will update this article if we receive a response.
For further reading, in March 2022 we investigated whether Shapiro tweeted about the idea of having a "beautiful" and "hot sister."
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