Grammy-winning country musician Keith Urban is being targeted by false claims following his separation from Nicole Kidman, with a purported confession he made going viral.
However, the quotes attributed to the Australian star are fake, and images of him in the social media posts show signs they were generated using artificial intelligence tools.
Oscar-winning actress Kidman has petitioned to end her 19-year marriage in a US court filing that stated the marriage “suffered irreconcilable differences”.
A Facebook post from a page called “Keith’s Heartstrings” claimed the 57-year-old had made an unspecified confession, saying publicly that “I couldn’t hide it forever”.
The post attracted more than two million views and almost 10,000 likes in three days.
But there is no record that Urban said the quote attributed to him in the post, while the image of the musician appears to be AI-generated.
It shows him without any piercings in his left ear, when he actually has three.
A reverse image search failed to find any genuine photos of Urban that match the suspicious image.
Another post from the same page claimed Urban’s daughter, Sunday Rose, accused him of betraying Kidman and said that she planned to “expose him”.
However, there are no credible reports that Sunday Rose made such comments.
Another post claims the Australian musician confronted actor Whoopi Goldberg on her show The View, and accused her of “repeating lies just to get ratings”.
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