The fake headlines about Bravo stars have reached a new low. You can’t scroll through social media without seeing salacious headlines with AI-generated pictures, and Leah Yawn, formerly Leah Shafer, is completely sick of it.
The wife of Below Deck Mediterranean star Captain Sandy Yawn has been the victim of multiple fake headlines. The latest round of them falsely claimed that she has cancer. It’s a bunch of lies, and she’s ready to put a stop to it.
Leah Yawn is tired of the fake news being spread by fan pages
Below Deck fan pages have been spreading fake news about Sandy and Leah for months. In the past, they’ve shared phony headlines about them divorcing. There’s another one suggesting that they’re expecting kids, along with an AI-generated photo of Leah rocking a baby bump. It’s all very strange.
Up until now, Leah managed to ignore the rumors. Then, she saw a headline claiming that she received a breast cancer diagnosis and underwent a double mastectomy. That’s when she realized things had gone too far. She took to Instagram on Saturday, February 14, to set the record straight.
“I don’t have BREAST CANCER !!!! Lies!!! Enough already,” Leah wrote.
In the accompanying video, Leah said she could handle “a lot of lies and stupid stuff,” like the fake pregnancy rumors and divorce headlines. However, fabricating a cancer diagnosis took things too far.
“When you post that I have breast cancer and that I’m having a double mastectomy, that is past the point of disgusting. And I don’t understand how these pages can get away with posting this crap. It affects me,” Leah said.
She went on to explain that it’s a particular personal subject matter for her. She is at a high risk for the disease but does not have it, and she’s “grateful” for that. However, she does have many loved ones who have battled cancer, and she wants people to think critically before sharing content that has no basis in truth. She’s also ready for these pages to do us all a favor and deactivate.
“We live in a time where anything can be posted and instantly believed or spread without verification. That should scare all of us. Words matter. Truth matters. People’s lives and health are not entertainment,” Leah wrote.
She said, “I am human. I am strong, but I am also allowed to say: enough is enough.”
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