Posts are sharing a video in which actor Tom Hanks calls a young girl a 'sexy baby.' But the clip comes from a comedy sketch satirizing a reality series about child beauty pageants
Social media users are sharing a video that appears to show American actor Tom Hanks calling a young girl a"sexy baby," posting the footage alongside hashtags affiliated with conspiracy theories about pedophilia. This is misleading; the clip comes from a 2011 late-night television sketch satirizing a reality series about child beauty pageants.
The clip shows Hanks, star of"Toy Story,""Forrest Gump" and numerous other films, clapping and repeatedly cheering"sexy baby" at a young girl participating in a child beauty pageant. The Instagram post's caption includes hashtags referencing late American financier Jeffrey Epstein, a convicted sex offender, and the QAnon and Pizzagate conspiracy theories. Both are rooted in baseless claims that politicians and
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