Coi Leray & Latto Fight At A Festival In Viral Fake Video

Fake Video Of Coi Leray & Latto Fighting At A Festival Surface Online

Last night, a Twitter account @PoeBase posing as entertainment and gossip Twitter account Pop Base shared a video of two women.

The video, which contained a large TMZ watermark, was shared with the tweet “TMZ share muted video of Latto and Coi Leray fighting at Something In The Water Festival.”

The account has been designed to parody the popular gossip account Pop Base. The footage was not from TMZ or Something In The Water. Instead, the user behind @PoeBase had taken footage from wrestling promotion TNA Impact Wrestling, muted it, and added the TMZ watermark.

TMZ share muted video of Latto and Coi Leray fighting at Something In The Water Festival. pic.twitter.com/V2iI4Oz0Q1

— Pop Base (@PoeBase) April 30, 2023

The clip has since gone viral on social media,  being posted at 3:30am EDT. At the time of writing, it has garnered over 1 million views, nearly 20,000 likes, nearly 2000 retweets, and over 1500 quote tweets.

It’s just believable enough to be true, given the recent beef between Leray and Latto. “Blocked because why are you spreading misinformation? It’s giving desperate” reads one reply. “This misinformation is strong with this one. Might have to block” reads another, who follows up with a link to their Spotify song “Go To Bed”.

However, as mentioned, there are plenty of people who believe this is genuine footage. “I knew something was going to pop up off…..” reads one quote tweet. “Why is my coi fighting” reads another before tagging the actual Coi Leray.

With Twitter moderation a mess, it’s easier than ever to pass off fake bullshit as the real deal on the internet. The tweet quickly received a pending Community Note to help fight the misinformation.