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In a May 8, 1796, letter to John Jay<\/a>, George Washington wrote of his \u201cserious anxiety\u201d stemming from \u201cmisrepresentation,\u201d which might \u201cfrequently flow and spread before they can be dissipated by the truth.\u201d In different phrases, lies have been rampant, and he was sick of this shit. Some 200 years later, one other president can seemingly relate to the sensation, given persistent rumors that Jennifer Aniston<\/strong> is having a secret affair with former president Barack Obama,<\/strong> who, in one other wild, specious, and unsupported blind merchandise, is secretly separated from spouse Michelle Obama.<\/strong><\/p>\n An individual with data of the state of affairs instructed Vanity Fair<\/em> that these rumors are categorically unfaithful, and a supply near Aniston additionally characterised the affair rumors to VF<\/em> as \u201cbeyond absurd.\u201d There\u2019s a conundrum for accountable journalists and exasperated topics when making an attempt to current the reality of a narrative like this one: If the individuals in query reply, they danger fueling the hearth and stoking yet one more leg of the information cycle. If they don\u2019t reply and deny, then, effectively, they\u2019re not denying a false report.<\/p>\n Before we get to the debunking, let\u2019s hint the thread: This fanfic state of affairs first surfaced through an August cowl story of the print version of tabloid In Touch Weekly<\/em>, claiming to reveal \u201cThe Truth About Jen and Barack!\u201d (A spokesperson for In Touch<\/em> didn’t reply to Vanity Fair<\/em> by press time.) The cowl additional claimed: \u201cMichelle betrayed as Aniston steals her husband\u2019s attention,\u201d and helpfully added bullet factors that learn: \u201cThey\u2019re obsessed with each other\u201d and \u201cPower circles in Washington and Hollywood can\u2019t stop gossiping!\u201d (It\u2019s price noting that James Heidenry,<\/strong> who was editorial director at In Touch<\/em> when the story ran, was additionally the masthead editorial director of a particular journal\u2014MAGAzine?\u2014devoted to singing Donald Trump\u2019s praises<\/a>. In Touch<\/em> and the Trump hagiography are each revealed by A360 Media, previously often known as AMI, which got here below hearth for the catch-and-kill operation on the National Enquirer<\/em><\/a> to guard Donald Trump\u2019s repute.)<\/p>\n In October, Aniston appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live<\/em><\/a>!<\/em> and flatly denied the declare that she and the previous president have been having or had an affair.<\/p>\n \u201cThat is absolutely untrue,\u201d she mentioned. \u201cThere is no truth\u2026. I\u2019ve met him once,\u201d Aniston mentioned of the previous president, including, \u201cI know Michelle more than him.\u201d<\/p>\n She did joke that, \u201cOf all the calls you get from your publicist where you\u2019re like, Oh no, what\u2019s it gonna be, or emails saying some cheesy tabloid is going to make up a story, and then it\u2019s that.<\/em> I was not mad at it.\u201d<\/p>\n That reply could be completely different now that the peanut gallery is at it once more, seeming to coincide with Michelle Obama\u2019s absence at each President Jimmy Carter\u2019s funeral and Donald Trump\u2019s inauguration.<\/p>\n Thanks to accounts like Instagram gossip aggregator DeuxMoi<\/a>, who consists of an in-bio CYA disclaimer<\/a> that \u201cthis account does not claim all information published is based in fact,\u201d the scuttlebutt has continued. On Tuesday, January 14, the account posted that \u201csomeone [DeuxMoi] trusts did text me that a week ago\u201d regarding the former first couple being separated, \u201cbut I don\u2019t really know for sure.\u201d The following Thursday, @deuxmoi revealed a brand new podcast episode and touched on each sides of the story. Of the separation rumor, Deux mentioned: \u201cI heard that they were separated from somebody I know, but I don\u2019t know, I felt like it wasn\u2019t viable. It was just the rumor mill churning.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve been getting so many questions about it,\u201d she mentioned, not acknowledging that, you recognize, posting these not-saying-just-saying sorts of tales could be why individuals preserve asking.<\/p>\n DeuxMoi didn’t reply to Vanity Fair<\/em>\u2019s request for remark.<\/p>\n Then we\u2019ve bought the garden-variety \u201cbody language experts<\/a>\u201d and the my-sister\u2019s-catsitter\u2019s-cousin\u2019s-teacher\u2019s-son \u201cleaked DMs\u201d shared by who-the-hell \u201cinfluencers.\u201d Listen, they don\u2019t let simply anybody<\/em> use that siren emoji\u2014it have to be true. Wait, what\u2019s that? They do<\/em> let anybody use it? Oh.<\/p>\n One factor nearly all of the divorce doomsayers level to is Michelle\u2019s whereabouts throughout latest presidential occasions.<\/p>\n Sure, perhaps she skipped out on former president Jimmy Carter\u2019s funeral and this month\u2019s inauguration as a result of she was making an attempt to keep away from a person, however think about that the person in query wasn\u2019t Barack Obama, however Donald Trump. At the 2024 Democratic National Convention<\/a>, Michelle delivered a stirring speech<\/a> cautioning Americans to not \u201cbe our own worst enemies\u201d and decrying Trump\u2019s \u201cpetty\u201d and \u201cunpresidential\u201d methods. \u201cWhy would we normalize that type of backward leadership?\u201d she requested. \u201cDoing so only demeans and cheapens our politics.\u201d Is it shocking that she declined the prospect to take a seat politely on that stage and fake to be OK with a second Trump presidency?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n