An unnamed person claimed on Saturday, June 25, claiming Ocean’s 8 actresses Anne Hathaway was linked to suspected cannibalism in a 2013 event. The message (which has since been removed) became popular on the network, receiving over 20,000 retweets in only two days. The tweet was discovered when a user shared Elle France’s June 2022 cover, which features the actress. Among a slew of tweets praising Hathaway in the post’s comments section, one provocative message alleged that human remains were discovered at the actress’ home in 2013.
It should be emphasized that there had been no claims of cannibalism leveled against Hathway previous to this contentious post. Furthermore, there have been no allegations of her involvement with human remains reportedly discovered in her home. As a result, there is no doubt that the assertion made by the random tweet was absolutely false.
What did the tweet say regarding Anne Hathaway’s alleged involvement in cannibalism?
In response to a message featuring a picture of Hathaway on the June 2022 cover of Elle France, a Twitter user known as Girl with no troubles (@hotpriestt) stated:
“every tweet about Anne Hathaway becoming viral as if cops didn’t unearth human remains and evidence of cannibalism in her Los Angeles house, which she sold in 2013.”
While several netizens demanded that the user substantiate their allegations, Girl with no troubles (@hotpriestt) responded with a snapshot of Hathaway’s house and a cutout of the actress in the photograph. Following a closer examination of the allegation, the user replied with:
“Women, believe.”
The next day, the user posted:
“Hello there, Harvard University did a 24-hour sociological research on the spread of disinformation online called ‘Anne Hathaway is a cannibal.’ We have finished our research. Thank you for your consideration.”
It should be emphasized that Harvard University has provided no information regarding this supposed research or any suggestion concerning Anne Hathaway’s link with cannibalism. Surprisingly, when the tweet became popular over the weekend, the original individual who shared such self-proclaimed falsehoods canceled their account.
Furthermore, it is impossible to assume that Harvard University would undertake research about purposely distributing libelous material about a celebrity. It also raises legal difficulties, since if Harvard really conducts such research on a celebrity, the famous individual may be able to sue for such efforts. In addition, Anne Hathaway’s Los Angeles home was featured in an Architectural Digest story in 2019. This demonstrates that the claim about Hathaway’s home being sold in 2013 was false.
Netizens respond to allegations that Anne Hathaway is a cannibal.
Following the virality of the since-deleted tweet, many followers criticized the user’s effort to disseminate such ridiculous misinformation about the actress. Many users jumped to the actress’ defense, defending the 39-year-old Brooklyn native against such allegations. Meanwhile, a few tweets poked fun at the misinformation and emphasized the ridiculousness of such allegations about the actress.
Moved on from omegaverse joe biden. The anne hathaway cannibal allegations is the new funniest thing on here
— Keanne 🌸✨️ (@Centaurscore) June 27, 2022
i consider myself rly good at spotting misinformation but i see ONE (1) tweet about anne hathaway being a cannibal and my brain goes “oh damnnnn realllyyyy! i never wouldve guessed!”
— stephie🦭 (@MACARONlS) June 27, 2022
