Conspiracy-theorist celebrities who don’t believe in coronavirus
They’re rich, famous and spruik the craziest COVID conspiracy theories online. These homegrown celebs don’t hold back on sharing their bizarre beliefs with the world — here’s some of the most memorable.
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Rich, famous and full of nonsense.
Thecoronavirus pand emic has brought out the best (and worst) in people, and for these Aussie celebrities it has aroused some of the craziest COVID-19 conspiracy theories.
From a glorified glow lamp curing coronavirus to believing US president Donald Trump created the virus to distract the world from child slavery — here’s the celebrities who have shared their wacky theories on social media.
PAT CASH
Aussie tennis great Pat Cash caused a Twitter storm on Wednesday after sharing a link to a controversial coronavirus documentary.
The film promotes a widely debunked theory about how the COVID-19 strain was created by an American doctor and the wealthy, and claims that masks are harmful and will activate the virus.
“It’s finally out, download here as well. Be informed — make up your own mind,” he tweeted, before it was quickly deleted.
Tennis champion Rennae Stubbs and Nick Kyrgios’s brother Christos slammed Cash’s tweet, as did Biomedical scientist Dr Darren Saunders, who suggested he was wearing his headband ‘too tight’. Others speculated his account was hacked.
PETE EVANS
My Kitchen Rules judged turned conspiracy theorist Pete Evans caused an uproar back in April, after he claimed his $15,000 BioCharger light machine would treat COVID-19 with light recipes. In a video post to social media, Evans said his light machine had: “a thousand different recipes and a couple on there for Wuhan coronavirus”.
Evans is known to push alternative health agendas on others, including sharing anti-vaccine propagander to his 1.5 million followers.
ALI OETJEN
Former Bachelorette Ali Oetjen joins a swath of Aussie celebrities claiming coronavirus is a cover-up for widespread child sex trafficking.
Oetjen called on her 171,000 Instagram followers in a video to do some research into: “the incomprehensible plague of monsters trafficking, sexually abusing, torturing and murdering children and babies”.
Claims COVID-19 is a hoax to distract from widespread child abuse forms part of the broader QAnon conspiracy theory. QAnon is a movement that supports the unfounded conspiracy theory that US President Donald Trump is waging a secret war against elite Satan-worshipping paedophiles in government, business and the media.
TAJ BURROW
Surfer Taj Burrow was slammed for his views on the coronavirus vaccine, after he said a vaccine was ‘not needed’ and a good immune system was enough to combat the deadly virus. Burrows made the remark on a social media post by Pete Evans.
ISABEL LUCAS
Former Home And Away star Isabel Lucas recently appeared on a Zoom chat to discuss the coronavirus ‘agenda’ with fellow sceptic Pete Evans. Lucas went to great lengths to conceal her identity, wearing a black hoodie over her head.
“I’m here and I don’t want to be anonymous, but I am about to start filming a film and I do need to be careful about being outspoken because you can get dropped from charities, you can lose campaigns with car companies,” she reportedly said in the video.
Lucas also copped flack in April, after sharing her anti-vaxxer views in response to Pete Evans’ post saying she “didn’t trust the path of vaccination”. Lucas later clarified her remarks on Instagram at the time, saying he has “concerns around ‘mandatory’ vaccination, not vaccination itself.”
VIK GRUJIC
Former UFC middleweight fighter Vik Grujic challenged Premier Daniel Andrews to a fight in a series of bizarre tweets earlier this month. Grujic responded to Andrews’ Twitter post about a young woman battling COVID-19, where he wrote: “This virus is wicked. It doesn’t discriminate. It does not stop. And young or old – its impacts are brutal and potentially lifelong.”
Grujic took a jab at the Premier and responded: “ You are evil. You will pay a heavy price for your betrayal and human rights violations. Answer to no one. State funded propaganda through the vile and corrupt #MSM. Retribution is coming.”
He then responded to a tweet that said Vik vs. Dan Andrews and tagged UFC president Dana White.
The mixed martial artist has a history of spreading false information and last month bizarrely claimed the pandemic was a hoax.
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