Earlier this week, photos featuring a TMZ watermark surfaced that showed someone alleged to be Travis Scott with a woman who wasn’t Kylie Jenner.
Scott denied the photo’s authenticity, and on Wednesday, it was revealed that the whole thing was a part of a plot from YouTuber ChristianAdamG. He apparently wanted to “see how gullible” the internet is, so he took it upon himself to physically transform into Scott, pose for photos that would make it look like he was cheating on Kylie, and then post them on the internet to where they’d go viral.
“The question is: Do the internet even care about the truth sometimes? […] I wanted to prove the point that most stories you see on the internet is almost never true. People say this, people say that. But to be honest, the lie is almost most entertaining,” the YouTuber said.
He later apologized to Scott after acknowledging the photo’s popularity. “This is everywhere on Twitter, bro. I feel so bad sometimes. Damn, am I really messing up this n***a’s relationship?” ChristianAdamG said in his video. “Now you all see how the world will believe something just because they want to believe it […] They don’t really care about the truth or doing the research, or anything like that. Travis Scott, if you’re watching this, forgive me, bro.”
If there’s one person’s forgiveness he will not be getting, it’s Kylie’s. She spoke out about the prank on her Instagram stories, saying, “Idk if this is really a social experiment to some people but you’re messing with real people, real relationships, real family. I’m happy my relationship is strong because this is getting out of hand. The internet scares me sometimes for real.”
Kim Kardashian and Khloé Kardashian also condemned the video on Twitter.
“I hate that I am bringing attention to this but this is absolutely disgusting that you would find this funny to mess with Travis & Kylie who just started a family together,” Kim tweeted alongside a screenshot of the YouTube video. “This is really damaging to relationships, families and is just so wrong!”
Khloé tweeted that people “are absolutely disgusting.”
“The mind games this would do to somebody… That is so completely not OK!” she wrote. “This person should be so ashamed of themselves! What filth.”
People are absolutely disgusting! The mind games this would do to somebody… That is so completely not OK! This person should be so ashamed of themselves! What filth
— Khloé (@khloekardashian) December 6, 2018