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Kathy Hilton revealed she fell for a fake AI ad promoting a Jell-O diet endorsed by celebrities like Oprah Winfrey and Dr. Oz
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The diet caused health issues for Hilton, including severe bloating, before she realized it was a deepfake scam
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Deepfake ads have targeted other stars like Kelly Clarkson, Tom Hanks and Whoopi Goldberg
Kathy Hilton shared that she recently fell for a deepfake ad for a new diet.
During the season 15 reunion of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, the 67-year-old said she tried the Jell-O diet — which she thought was endorsed by Oprah Winfrey, Michelle Obama, Kelly Clarkson and Dr. Mehmet Oz.
“I had a little problem. I went on the Jell-O diet,” she said. “There’s a new Jell-O diet that Oprah Winfrey, Michelle Obama, Kelly Clarkson — with vinegar and baking soda.”
Hilton said she initially thought the diet was working, having lost 2 lbs. within the first day. However, her health quickly took a turn.
“It has messed up my whole entire system,” she said. “I was so bloated I could not fit into anything.”
The reality star said she eventually discovered that the advertisement and diet weren’t real. “They were lying to me. It was all AI.”
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“Hold on. It was, like, AI versions of Oprah saying, ‘I do this Jell-O diet?’ ” host Andy Cohen asked.
“And they have Dr. Oz doing it, too,” she replied.
In recent years, numerous celebrities have been used in deepfakes — videos featuring footage manipulated by artificial intelligence that replaces existing images and audio of a person with the likeness of someone else.
Last year, Whoopi Goldberg slammed a fake ad that used her image to sell a weight-loss drug, saying, “I had nothing to do with it.”
“I’m giving everybody a heads-up. There’s a phony weight loss ad floating around online on Instagram that has me, AI-mouthed, saying all kinds of stuff,” she said on The View. “Do not indulge in this. Do not look at this, just get rid of it. Because I don’t know what it is, I had nothing to do with it. And I don’t want y’all thinking this is coming from me.”
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