About this episode

The episode explores instances of celebrities using fake accounts on social media and the reasons behind it.

So many celebrities claim they don't bother with the internet...but I've always thought that can't be true! The internet is so addictive and enticing and sometimes a crack in the matrix happens and we find proof that celebrities ARE online...but with burner accounts! Today I break down documented cases of celebrities, politicians, CEOs, and athletes getting caught tweeting from fake accounts, and explore the reasons why this might be. Kevin Durant's decade-long burner career. Mitt Romney as Pierre Delecto. The Whole Foods CEO who spent eight years on Yahoo Finance message boards. And Elon Musk, who apparently tweets as his baby, his mother, his father, a German man named Adrian, and an attack dog named babysmurf9000. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: CAKE MEDIA

Topics covered

• celebrities
• social media
• burner accounts
• internet culture
• politics
• online identity

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Whole Foods

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