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Ian Owsley to play Sokka in Netflix's new live-action remake Avatar: The Last Airbender. Showrunner Albert Kim said the show is an “opportunity to introduce Asian and Indigenous characters as full-bodied human beings.” According to a bio posted by his manager, the actor is “mixed race, Native American, and a member of the Cherokee Nation.”
However, the Cherokee Phoenix reported that a social media user looked into Ian's background and found that he was not a member of the Cherokee Nation, United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians, or Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. It was reported that it was discovered that there was no such thing.twitter screenshot Claim The only tribe Ian confirmed membership in was the Southern Cherokee Nation of Kentucky. The Cherokee Phoenix described it as “one of dozens of unrecognized tribes falsely accused by the three governments that recognize the Cherokee Nation.” Ian's casting sparked intense debate online, with a petition calling on Netflix to “get its facts straight”.
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In 2019, Forbes named Kylie Jenner the youngest self-made billionaire in history. “There's no other word to use other than self-made, because that's the truth,” she said at the time. “That's the category I fall into…I used 100% of my own money to set up the company, not a dime of my bank account will be inherited…and I'm very proud of it.” I am thinking.”
But the backlash was swift and fierce. Many pointed out that it was disingenuous for Kylie to call herself self-made, considering she was born into a wealthy family and grew up in the 19th century. Keep up with the Kardashians, and probably wouldn't have achieved the same success with her cosmetics company without her sisters' fame. She quickly changed her tone, telling the New York Times, “I can't say I did it alone. If they're just talking about finances, then technically speaking, yes, I did it alone. I don't have an inheritance. But I have an inheritance.'' There was a lot of help and a huge platform. ”
In a shocking development, Forbes announced the following year that Kylie was not a billionaire. Her financial details appear to have come to light when she sold her 51% of her company to her Coty Inc. In the video, Forbes editor Chase Peterson-Whithorn says, “It's clear the Jenner family has been lying for years…This sale reveals one of the Jenner family's biggest secrets.” “That means Kylie Cosmetics is not that big.” Just as they have spent years leading the whole world, including Forbes, to believe, they are business successes, or business successes. ”
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Last year, Sidney Agudong was cast as Nani Pelekai in the live-action remake. lilo & stitch. Initially, this sparked a viral debate about colorism. At the time, many believed that Sidney was a fair-skinned person of Native Hawaiian descent, and that the role should have been given to a darker-skinned Native Hawaiian.
However, many social media users quickly researched Sydney's background and found no indication in databases, newspaper clippings, etc. that she was actually Native Hawaiian. According to internet sleuths, her mother is white and her father is Filipino. In other words, she has no pedigree. She is of Polynesian descent after all. This sparked intense backlash, but Disney appears to have ignored Pacific Islanders' requests to recast the role of Nani. Many have accused Sydney of lying about herself and her background, but Sydney has yet to issue a statement.
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Ariana Grande has spoken extensively about her manifesto over the years. In her song “Just Like Magic,” she sings lyrics such as “Manifest it, I've refined it” and “I can have anything I want 'cause I attract it.” ing. In a 2021 episode of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallonshe said, “I think I have this weird talent for manifestation.” She recalled applying to audition for a Nickelodeon show when she was four years old (she later appeared in the film (played Kat) victory, a Nickelodeon show). Jimmy also played a clip of Ariana singing the national anthem at a Florida Panthers hockey game when she was 8 years old.
However, many criticized the singer's claims that she was simply expressing a successful career. That Panthers game where she sang the national anthem? Her parents were season ticket holders, ensuring her early exposure. Ariana's mother is the CEO of a company that makes communications equipment for the Marine Corps and Navy, and her father founded a graphic design company.
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Throughout his career, John Leguizamo has said he is Puerto Rican and Colombian. The actor, who immigrated to New York City from Colombia when he was three years old, said his Puerto Rican heritage comes from his father. He was named the World Arts Ambassador for his 2011 Puerto Rico Day Parade.
However, just one week before the National Puerto Rican Day Parade, John's father told a newspaper that they were not Puerto Rican. “It's heartbreaking to see John lie to Puerto Ricans and not support his Colombian roots,” he said. John denies the charges, telling reporters during the parade: “I'm Colombian-Puerto Rican. I don't understand why he would say that. I told him I loved him. “Why would he say that?”
Last year, John appeared in the following episodes: find your roots — A PBS show in which celebrities learn about the history of their ancestors. The actor's lineage includes notable figures such as Spanish conquistador Sebastian de Belarcázar and Higinio Cuara, former mayor of Bogota, Colombia. No trace of Puerto Rican ancestry was found on the show.
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In 2023 beckham Victoria Beckham (aka Posh Spice) in the documentary series said she grew up “working class”.
However, she was soon summoned by her husband, David Beckham. He stuck her face out the door and told her to tell her truth. “I'm honest,” she insisted. So he asked her what her father drove her to school in. Victoria didn't give a clear answer at first.
When David insisted she answer honestly, she admitted, “Okay. My dad had a Rolls Royce in the '80s.”
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Kelsey Asbille is best known for her role as Monica in the film. Yellowstone. Her character was a Native American woman passionate about Indigenous rights, culture, and history. Kelsey said in an interview that she is of Chinese, European and Cherokee descent, but she did not grow up in an indigenous community.
However, Kelsey's casting sparked a backlash and calls for a boycott of the show. The New York Times reported that she was a descendant of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, but the nation's tribal registry declared that her tribe had no records of her. Additionally, she found no evidence that she was a descendant. Adam Beach, the Saulteaux actor who proposed the initial boycott, told BuzzFeed News: “What struck me about this was that there were a lot of Native female actors who needed work. “I put a lot of money on it,” he said.
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In Kid Rock's 1998 song “Cowboy,” he says: He built his entire public persona around being a self-proclaimed “scumbag.”
However, multiple media outlets reported that he actually grew up in a 5,660-square-foot mansion with seven bathrooms, a guesthouse, and a pool. His childhood home sits on 5.5 acres and includes a regulated tennis court.
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For years, many believed that Hilaria Baldwin was from Spain.In this 2012 Good morning, America Her accent is evident in the episode immediately following her marriage to Alec Baldwin. She has been featured in publications such as Latina Girlfriend Magazine and Ora Girlfriend Magazine, and captions many of her Instagram posts in Spanish. Additionally, her agency website and Google profile listed Spain as her place of birth.
But in 2020, Hilaria came under scrutiny after social media users claimed she was faking her accent. The world now knows that Hilaria is Hilary Thomas, born in Boston, Massachusetts. Her parents are not Spanish. In fact, her father once wrote on his blog that even though his family is Midwestern and “doesn't have an ounce of Latin blood in it,” Spanish food and culture deeply influenced his life. I once said that. Although her parents traveled to Spain throughout Hilaria's life, she did not move to Spain until 2011.
In a now-deleted Instagram video, Hilaria addressed the situation: “I was born in Boston, spent part of my childhood there, and part of my childhood in Spain. I've been going back and forth all my life.'' She also mentioned her ever-changing accent. “That's one thing I'm always a little nervous about…When I'm nervous or upset, the two get mixed up.”
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In 2016, Gwyneth Paltrow told Glamor magazine, “People think, 'She's just a rich kid.'” '' She recalled dropping out of college to pursue her acting career and living in an apartment with her roommate. She said: “I was working as a hostess in a restaurant, and I used to look everywhere to buy Starbucks, and I would walk there to save gas… those were the days when I knew the value of money.'' is.”
Her glorification of poverty and claims that she is self-made has attracted much criticism over the years. Many believe that Gwyneth's mother is actor Blythe Danner, her father is film producer and director Bruce Paltrow, and The Godfather is Steven Spielberg, who cast Gwyneth as the teenage Wendy in the 1991 film. Pointed out. needle.
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And finally, Lana Del Rey has repeatedly claimed that she grew up poor. In October, she posted a video on Instagram in which she said she went to an elite boarding school because she was from a rural town and her uncle worked there so she could receive financial aid. Only, she claimed. “It was very difficult there because everyone knew how much money everyone had. Unfortunately, my daily experience was that people were calling me LP WT, or Lake Play. I would call it white trash from Rashid” (the town where she grew up). She claimed that her father only made his fortune later in life with an Internet domain company. In her comment, she wrote, “I had no money at all.”
However, a 2012 Guardian article reported that her father was a billionaire who had supported her career – although Lana recently refuted that article in an interview with the Sunday Times. It is worth noting that he called it “the falsehood of tabloid psychology.”
Still, people criticized Lana for saying she grew up with “no money at all.” Before founding the company, her father worked as a copywriter at an advertising agency, where he met Lana's mother, who was an assistant account executive. Their marriage announcement was published in the New York Times. After welcoming Lana, her family moved to Lake Placid, where her mother became a teacher and her father worked in real estate and created furniture that was featured in design publications. Her fans have pushed back against Lana's claims that she grew up in poverty, saying her upbringing sounds solidly middle class, even if she wasn't as wealthy as her classmates. Ta.
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