Fact Check-Image of Tom Hanks wearing anti-Trump t-shirt is digitally altered [View all]

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https://www.reuters.com/article/fact-check-hanks-trump-idUSL1N30N1RD

An image that appears to show U.S. actor Tom Hanks wearing an anti-Trump t-shirt is digitally altered. In the original image, published by outlets in August 2022, Hanks can be seen wearing a plain navy t-shirt. One user shared the altered image on Twitter on Sept. 14, 2022, with a caption that reads: “Is that you tome [sic] hanks?...how about we keep america hanksless!!!!...” (here). The tweet had more than 2,000 likes at the time of writing.

Link to tweet

Other examples of the image shared on social media can be found (here), (here), (here) and (here). The original photograph was published by various outlets including The Daily Mail (here), with credit to photographer Felipe Ramales of Splash News.



Reuters has previously addressed digitally altered images that appear to show celebrities, including Hanks, wearing t-shirts with political messages (here), (here), (here).


VERDICT

Altered. The original image shows actor Tom Hanks wearing a plain navy t-shirt.