More than a few fans were fooled by a controversial TikTok account whose creator appeared to be making deepfaked videos of Robert Pattinson.
The account quietly disappeared this week, adding to the drama.
Duets and stitches are still available, so fans who missed out can still catch the fakes that use machine learning.
Some people were skeptical of TikTok. One shows a user pointing out that the faker's hair looks completely different from the real one, and that the creator stays still, which can be a trick to avoid telltale glitches.
The fan said in their response that they could tell.
An NBC report published before the account was deleted stated that the videos were almost certainly the result of digital trickery.
He has no official social media accounts, and he only thinks about joining in dark moments.
It's not clear if TikTok deleted the account or if the creator knew they were busted.
There is a chance that it was actually Robert Pattinson. We know that he loves doing stunts and making crazy comments in interviews for the sake of fun, like the time he said he made pasta with cheese and sugar.
The computer-genius and hacker skills he learned while filming The Batman paid off as he pulled today's Dolly Parton-lookalike contest.
If that is the case, it wouldn't be the first celeb to say they're okay with weird fan reactions to deepfakes. Unless the newly-minted arthouse actor releases a picture weirder than The Lighthouse, we will never know the real answer.
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