Sydney Sweeney Exposes Influencer’s Lie, And Gets Praised For It In Resurfaced Screenshots

Sydney Sweeneyhas once again goneviralafter an old controversy involving afake influencerresurfaced online and started circulating widely on X.

The incident, which originally unfolded in February 2024, has drawn fresh reactions as users revisit how the actress directlyshut downthe claim at the time.

As screenshots of herresponsespread again, many have praised the wayEuphoriastar handled the situation without hesitation.

“Sydney’s no-BS reply is gold. More celebs need to roast these scammers,” one user wrote.

Sydney Sweeney once brutal response resurfaced after she shut down influencer’s false claim

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The situation began when anInstagramuser posted a reel claiming they had worked as Sweeney’s dietician for five years.

“I wasSydneySweeney’s dietician [sic] for 5 years. This is how I helped her get her dream role with 5 easy food swaps,” the caption read, immediately raising eyebrows due to both the claim and the spelling.

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The video went on to suggest that the actress swapped out her favorite comfortfoods, including Kraft Mac and Cheese, as part of a structured diet plan.

However, the claim didn’t go unnoticed.

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Sweeney herself appeared toresponddirectly under the post, writing, “I don’t know you, and Kraft Mac & Cheese is for life.”

The reply quickly went viral, with screenshots spreading across platforms as people reacted to her shutting down theclaimin a single sentence.

The internet backed her response as people called out the influencer

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As the post gained traction once again, users didn’t hold back in criticizing the false claim.

“It’s not just embarrassing, it’sunethical. You’re literally using someone else’s identity to sell something they have nothing to do with,” one person wrote.

Another added, “Are people not embarrassed to lie like this?” while someone else pointed out, “Incorrect spelling of ‘Dietitian’ is embarrassing for her.”

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Others focused on the bigger issue of influencers using celebrity names forcredibility.

“They actually need to sue these people. Fakeinfluencerstrying to monetise off their names,” one comment read.

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“This is so strange. ” Why would you lie about that like she’s not on the internet and can’t see it,” another user wrote.

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Some even mocked the claim itself. “There’s no way that 26-year-old was a dietician for a Hollywood star for 5 years,” one person said.

The controversy didn’t stop there, as the woman in the video revealed a shocking truth

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It later emerged that the image used in thevideohad been taken from another woman who had no connection to the situation. She addressed the situation, explaining that her photo had been stolen and used without her consent.

“Somebody stole my picture… I do not support what is being said in this video whatsoever, nor do I have any background in nutrition,” she clarified.

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The influencer’s account was eventually deleted, but the situation added to ongoingconcernsabout misleading ads and fake expertise being promoted online.

As one user put it, “Hmm. They have been doing it for the longest time, and nothing has changed.”

The resurfaced moment came as Sweeney faced renewed attention aroundEuphoriaseason 3

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AsreportedbyBored Panda,the resurfaced clip comes at a time when Sweeney is already in the spotlight ahead ofEuphoriaseason 3.

The actress recently appeared at the show’s premiere on April 7, where her red carpet look drew mixed reactions online. Critics questioned her styling, with some calling it “unusual” while others compared it to pastfashion choices.

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At the same time, the show’s trailer also sparked discussion, with viewers revisiting pastcontroversieslinked to Sweeney, including her American Eagle campaign and public image.

As one comment read, “People used to get away with this, but celebs are online way too much now for it to work.”

“Incorrect spelling of ‘dietican’ is embarrassing for her,” wrote one user

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byAsher Jeferson

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April 14, 2026

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‘A man of peace’: Pope Leo embarks on a marathon visit to Africa

On Monday, Pope Leo XIV’s is setting off on a long Africa trip, the first of his papacy to bear a clear personal stamp.

Between April 13-23, the pope will travel to four countries, crisscrossing a continent pivotal to the 21st-century church he leads. Christian-Muslim relations will be high on his agenda.

It’s a trip that comes as the first American pope is increasinglyspeaking outagainst the current conflict in the Middle East, saying God can’t be used to justify war, while Pete Hegseth, the US defense secretary, frames the US war effort as divinely supported. Leo’s decision to visit Algeria, a Muslim-majority nation, and tackle inter-faith relations also points to him becoming a diplomatic counterweight to the Trump administration and its military intervention in Iran.

Trump criticized the pope in a post on Truth Social overnight ahead of Leo’s trip, describing the pontiff as “terrible for Foreign Policy” and saying that “I don’t want a Pope who thinks it’s OK for Iran to have a Nuclear Weapon.”

Africa is a continent where the Catholic Church is growing, and where the church frequently plays an influential role in civil society through education and healthcare and helping to mediate in conflicts. According to Vatican statistics, Catholics on the continent now make up around 20% of believers worldwide.

Leo XIV, who spent years as a missionary in the global south, knows Africa well. And as pope, he has appointed priests from Nigeria to senior positions in the Vatican.

His itinerary includes Algeria, Cameroon, Angola and Equatorial Guinea and will see him take 18 flights, including two by helicopter, and cover 11,185 miles, or around 18,000 kilometers. That schedule is likely to be tough even for a pope who, at 70, is relatively young and known to take regular exercise.

While the countries he is visiting are diverse, the itinerary and his plans while there point to a consistent theme of Leo as bridge builder and reconciler.

“Pope Leo’s visit to Africa will offer him the unique opportunity to listen to African Catholics and learn first-hand about the realities of their daily life,” said the Reverend Agbonkhianmeghe Orobator, a Jesuit priest from Nigeria who led his religious order’s community across Africa between 2017-2023 and is now based at Santa Clara University in Berkeley, California.

Algeria welcoming ‘one of its own sons’

Leo will begin his marathon Africa visit in Algeria, becoming the first pope to set foot in the country. Mistrust of western culture and Christianity is still high in Algeria, much of it associated with the past French colonial presence, and the country is home to only a tiny Catholic population of around 8,000. Christians there frequently face difficulties.

The pope’s presence should offer a boost to the Algerian Catholic Church, known for working closely with its Muslim counterparts in the country, while highlighting Algeria’s ancient Christian roots.

“(In Algeria) Christianity still carries memories of an oppressive past,” the Reverend Martin McGee, a Benedictine monk and expert on Christian-Muslim relations in Algeria, told CNN.

“Pope Leo will also be seeking to strengthen Christian-Muslim relationships. Since the independence of the country from France in 1962, the tiny remnant of the Catholic Church in Algeria has consistently worked at breaking down barriers between Christian and Muslim believers,” he added.

Bishop Diego Sarrió Cucarella, who leads the diocese of Laghouat in Algeria, told CNN the church in the country is not one of “numbers or visibility” but a “church of presence – unarmed and disarming.”

“In a world often marked by fear or misunderstanding between religions and cultures, our experience here suggests that another path is possible,” he said. “Algerian society has a strong sense of hospitality, and many will recognize in him (the pope) not a foreign leader, but a man of peace – a brother seeking peace with the brethren.”

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Leo will also make a very poignant pilgrimage in Algeria by taking a day trip to the city of Annaba, where Saint Augustine of Hippo served as a bishop in the late fourth and early fifth centuries. St Augustine, one of Christianity’s most influential figures, is the inspiration for the religious order of the Augustinians, of which Leo is a member and former leader.

Michel Guillaud, the Bishop of Constantine and Hippo, said Leo had visited Algeria twice before his election as pope, and that the Augustine link provides “a sense of kinship between this pope and the Algerian people” in a country that is “a bridge” between the African continent, the Arab-Muslim world and the “other shores of the Mediterranean world.”

“It is as if Algeria were welcoming one of its own sons, since he is ‘a son of Augustine,’” he told CNN.

A growing, youthful church

The other African countries Leo will visit have large and growing Catholic populations. During his trip, he will see the vibrant church up close, celebrating open-air Masses and visiting nursing homes, a prison, university campuses and a psychiatric hospital. A Vatican spokesman said “600,000 faithful” are expected to take part in a Mass presided by Leo in a carpark adjacent to the Japoma Stadium in Douala, Cameroon.

While in Cameroon, Leo will focus on a message of reconciliation in a country where an English-speaking minority has protested against perceived discrimination by the Francophone government. The pope will go to Bamenda, the largest Anglophone city in the country, to take part in a peace meeting. The meeting will be attended by an internally displaced family, the traditional leader of the Mankon people, which is a prominent ethnic group in the region, a Catholic nun, an Imam and other church leaders.

Bamenda has been at the center of a long-running conflict between government forces and Anglophone separatists, which has killed thousands since 2017, including civilians.

“Much of the world pays little or no attention to the conflict and violence that have crippled socioeconomic life and caused intolerable human casualties in the northwestern and southwestern anglophone parts of Cameroon. His visit to Bamenda is particularly poignant,” said Orobator at Santa Clara University.

“Leo is perhaps the only religious leader with the soft power to convene the belligerent and opposing forces to come to the table of dialogue and seek just peace. It will be a unique occasion for him to remind Cameroonians that there are alternatives pathways to conflict and violence.”

Foreign visits offer the pope a chance to address the country’s leadership and shine a spotlight on certain issues. While in Angola, Leo will fly to the city of Saurimo, the heart of the country’s controversial diamond industry, where he’ll celebrate an open-air Mass.

While the diamond industry is a major contributor to the economy, concerns have been raised about its effect on the environment and the treatment of miners. During his pontificate Leo has talked about the importance of protecting the planet, so environmental stewardship could be a topic he addresses while in Angola and elsewhere in Africa.

“By modeling peace as a ‘humble and disarming’ force, the pope not only draws global attention to the region’s suffering but also positions the African Church as a trusted mediator for reconciliation,” said Jaisy A. Joseph, a theologian at Villanova University, Pope Leo’s alma mater.

Missionary pope

Leo’s Africa trip will see him outside of the Vatican for the longest time since his election, and the constant travel in the country has echoes of his time as a missionary and bishop in Latin America.

It is fitting that he’ll mark the first anniversary of the death of his predecessor, Pope Francis, on April 21 in Equatorial Guinea, a small country with a mainly Catholic population and where around 70% live in poverty. Leo’s visit to the country – the first papal trip since 1982 – will see him put into action Francis’ vision of a church that goes out to the margins, serving the poorest.

The pope’s jam-packed schedule in Equatorial Guinea includes a visit to a prison and an oceanfront memorial for the victims of a series of explosions in 2021 at a military barracks. President Teodoro Obiang and his government said the blasts were the result of “negligence” and a fire begun by farmers nearby, but human rights groups have called for an independent inquiry into the explosions.

From the moment of his election, Leo has sought to offer a leadership that breaks down divisions. His whirlwind visit to Africa will seek to put that vision into action on the continent.

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Are you ready to take a groovy trip back to the 1960s? This pop culture quiz will test just how well you remember the music, movies, fashion, and iconic moments that defined a decade! 20 questions loaded with nostalgic moments from The Beatles to flashy miniskirts will challenge your memory and have you feeling like a true ’60s expert.

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Actor Frankie Muniz Crashes NASCAR Truck Days After New ‘Malcolm in the Middle’ Spinoff Premieres

ActorFrankie Muniz— star of the TV sitcom “Malcolm in the Middle” — crashed his truck in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway on Friday, April 11.

Muniz, 40, did not sustain any significant or notable injuries as a result of the crash, according to multiple reports, though he was unable to finish the race.

“I actually thought we were running pretty good. I felt pretty quick,” he told Fox Sports’Bob Pockrassafter Friday’s race. “We were in the lucky dog position, so I was just trying to do some good lap times. I think there was like 10 to go on the stage.”

Muniz’s new show, “Malcolm in the Middle: Life's Still Unfair,” premiered the very same day. The show, a spinoff of the iconic early 2000s sitcom, features Muniz reprising his classic role.Bryan CranstonandJane Kaczmarekalso return to their roles in the four-episode miniseries.

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Muniz — racing in a “Malcolm in the Middle”-themed F-150 truck — crashed withTyler ReifandTimmy Hillon Turn 3 of the track.

“I think [Reif] maybe got impatient, I don’t know,” Muniz said. “He was yelling at me in there, saying I’m a lapper, like I shouldn’t be racing. I’m in the lucky dog position. I’m fighting. I belong on that racetrack just as much as he does, just as much as the leaders do.”

He continued, “I’m not going to back down on that. I haven’t seen a replay, but based on what I felt, I went to the middle of the track. I didn’t track all the way out to show that I was going to go back to the bottom.”

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As the two drivers went into the turn, Reif seemingly clipped Muniz’s truck while trying to pass him, and both trucks crashed into the wall. Hill was right behind Reif and ended up in the crosshairs of the crash.

Muniz has been passionate about racing since he was a kid, and is famously one of the last people whospoke with the late NASCAR legend,Dale Earnhardt, before his fatal 2001 crash.

“He was extremely friendly to me,” Muniz recalled of the legendary driver in the February 2026 FS1 documentaryWe’ve Lost Dale Earnhardt: 25 Years Later. “And I remember he said, ‘I have to say thank you to you … because your show has brought me and my daughter closer together.’ He’s like, ‘It’s something that we turn on Sunday nights and we watch together.’”

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Muniz broke into racing in 2004 after stepping away from the Hollywood spotlight, making his professional racing debut in 2006.

In 2024, Munizannounced that he would be racing fulltimeduring the 2025 NASCAR season.

“This is something that I’ve been working [toward] for literally 20 years when I did my first race,” Muniz said of racing at the time. “That feeling of crossing the finish line first in that pro-celebrity race, was an incredible, incredible feeling and I’ve been chasing that.”

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