Overview
- PolitiFact found no evidence in the Justice Department’s Epstein Library that DeGeneres engaged in cannibalism or Epstein’s crimes, rating the claim Pants on Fire.
- Investigators traced the allegation to a Feb. 11 People’s Voice video using a purported insider and an audio clip presented as a whistleblower account.
- Experts consulted by PolitiFact said the audio was likely AI-generated, citing flat delivery, stationary background noise, and results from 83 detection algorithms, 63 of which flagged it as probably fake.
- Snopes reviewed the DOJ files and reported that references to cannibalism do not mention DeGeneres, while mentions of her name appear in news digests, social media compilations, and unrelated emails.
- A Feb. 14 X post amplifying the claim drew about 12.5 million views and was annotated with a community note, as fact-checkers stressed that inclusion in broad document indexes is not evidence of wrongdoing.