A Photoshopped picture of the retired Danish gymnast is being used in a clickbait post by Revcontent titled “Most shocking women on Earth (viewer discretion advised).”
The doctored picture makes her look like the Incredible Hulk. Instances of this photo online appear to outnumber the original picture posted below.
I’ve seen that happen with a lot of Photoshopped pictures online.
Offersgaard was part of the Danish national gymnastics team from 2004 through 2010. She now works as a gymnastics trainer and physiotherapist in Norway.
What follows are other recent examples of lying clickbait that I’ve spotted online.
Another Revcontent article titled “New rule in Great Falls, Virginia, leaves drivers fuming” uses a photo of a woman in an orange dress being arrested.
The picture is actually a bad Photoshop job of a stock photo that has nothing to do with Great Falls, Va. The photo is offered on stock image websites as “Bride is arrested on her wedding day” and credited to Zimiri. Someone changed the color of the white dress to orange for the clickbait article.
A recent Taboola article titled “There’s a good reason why the Amish keep these secrets hidden” used a photo of actress Kelly McGillis from the 1985 movie “Witness.”
A sponsored article by Revcontent titled “15 actors you didn’t know were gay” uses a photo of Tom Cruise and John Travolta, neither of whom has come out as gay.
Cruise and Travolta have faced persistent rumors that they are gay, but if either were to come out as homosexual it would be big news. They’d likely get magazine covers like Ellen DeGeneres did in 1997.
However, even if Cruise and Travolta were gay, I’m sure their religion Scientology would have “cured” them by now.
An article by Revcontent titled “He took his own life and no one said a word” uses a photo of former reality TV star Jon Gosselin. He’s still alive though his ex-wife might wish he were dead.
A Revcontent article titled “She never mentions her other daughter, here’s why” uses a picture of Kris Jenner and a woman who is not her daughter.
Jenner has five daughters: Kourtney, Kim, Khloe, Kendall and Kylie. She also has a son, Robert.
The woman pictured with Jenner in the clickbait article had been arrested on a drunk driving charge. The mugshot has been featured on websites that like to post photos of attractive criminal suspects.
Finally an article titled “After losing 250 lbs. Rebel Wilson is unbelievably gorgeous” uses a photo of actress Wilson side-by-side with English model Iskra Lawrence. They are definitely not the same person.
By the way, one online website estimates Wilson’s weight to be 291 pounds, so losing 250 pounds would be a tad difficult.
This isn’t the first time Wilson has been used in weight-loss clickbait articles.
Last November, a Taboola article titled “After losing 200 lbs. Rebel Wilson is actually gorgeous!” used a Photoshopped picture of Wilson.
In February, a Taboola article “After losing 220 lbs. Rebel Wilson is gorgeous now” paired a photo of Wilson with California model Mikayla Carr.
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