Photo Of Kamala Harris In A Bikini Cuddling Topless Jeffrey Epstein Goes Viral: It's Fake
A fake photo of Kamala Harris with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is going viral on social media amid the increasing sexist and racist attacks against the vice president.
The now-viral doctored image popped up on X, formerly Twitter, this week, along with the caption: "Old photos never lie."
The photo showed Harris sporting a two-piece light green bikini as she cuddled up to a topless Epstein on a beach.
YouTuber Defiantly Human and Snopes both confirmed that the photo of Harris and Epstein is fake and generated using artificial intelligence (AI).
Old photos never lie. pic.twitter.com/rWwKnGMmlT
— MJK (@MJK10797588) July 24, 2024
Enstarz also ran the image on IsItAI.com, an AI-generated image detector, which found that the photo is 99% AI.
"This image is highly likely to be AI-generated," the website's results read.
But though the picture is fake, it did not stop trolls from posting new sexist comments about Harris' dating life.
On Sunday, one X user also shared a Photoshopped image allegedly showing Harris posing on the red carpet with Epstein and urged others to spread it.
According to Snopes, the now-deleted tweet came with the caption: "Make this photo famous."
However, this image is also fake. The original photo, which can be found on the Getty Images website, depicted Harris standing with her husband Doug Emhoff, not Epstein, the fact-checking website noted.
Epstein's face from his 2006 Florida mugshot appeared to have been superimposed on Emhoff's, Snopes suggested.
The fake photo surfaced on the same day President Joe Biden announced his decision to drop out of the 2024 presidential race.
He threw his full support behind Harris to become the new Democratic nominee.
The vice president has since emerged as the frontrunner to replace her boss and quickly launched her presidential campaign.
Less than two days after Biden's withdrawal, Harris' campaign raised a record-breaking $100 million in donations.
However, since launching her campaign, Harris has faced a barrage of misogynistic attacks about her former relationships, including that she allegedly slept her way to the top.
"Kamala Harris got her start in politics by sleeping with Willie Brown," right-wing activist and columnist Matt Walsh claimed on X. "She became Vice President because Biden needed a non-white female on the ticket."
"Now she likely becomes the Democratic nominee for president because the guy at the top of the ticket has dementia," he continued. "She's made a career out of begging for hand outs from powerful men. A thoroughly unimpressive human being."
Many stars and personalities, such as "The View" co-host Ana Navarro, have since come to Harris' defense in the face of such attacks.
Navarro posted a nude photo of former President and Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump's wife Melania Trump before firing back at those wanting to make Harris' dating history "an issue."
"Some Republicans are out-there on TV and social media making vile sexual remarks about Kamala Harris and wanting to make her dating history an issue," Navarro wrote. "This country deserves a debate on real issues, affecting us all. But you want to make this an issue? Bring it on."
