Did foreign paparazzi mistakenly call Alia Bhatt as Deepika Padukone? Fans call out FAKE video | – Times of India

Bollywood star Alia Bhatt made waves at the Met Gala 2024 with her stunning appearance in an elegant Sabyasachi sari. The actress stepped up on the green carpet in the floral creation with an elaborate 23-foot train that wowed fellow attendees and the internet alike.
In a video doing the rounds online, a tweet claimed that some fo the foreign media mistakenly called Alia as Deepika Padukone, while she walked up the iconic stairs.”Not the paparazzi mistaking her for Deepika yaar,” read the tweet.

However, it wasn’t long before fans swooped in to claim that the video was a ‘fake’ and shared the original footage, where the paparazzi was seen calling out to Alia. Reacting to the clip, a fan said, “Believe me in the real video not a single person not a single person mistaken her name.”

Another shared a clip of Alia on the carpet and said, “Here is the original one…. They were all shouting alia’s name…”

Various fan handles erupted with outrage, with one even calling on others to report the account for “spreading false information…”
This video comes shortly after reports of Deepfake photos of Katy Perry and Rihanna at the Met Gala began doing the rounds online. The AI-generated images from fashion’s biggest night tricked some fans into thinking the stars made their appearances at the annual fundraiser.

Some eagle-eyed social media users spotted discrepancies — and platforms themselves, such as X’s Community Notes, soon noted that the images were likely created using artificial intelligence. Katy Perry also took to her handle to share the fake images and alert fans and even her mother that she didn’t attend the gala and that the images were a work of AI.