The internet has done it again.

Lauren Hashian, singer and wife of Hollywood superstar Dwayne Johnson, was forced to take to Instagram on Sunday to do something no one should ever have to do — debunk AI-generated photos claiming she had secretly welcomed not one, but two new babies with her husband.

The fake news posts, which spread rapidly online and featured convincing AI-generated images of Hashian and Johnson cradling newborns, had apparently convinced a significant corner of the internet that the couple had been busy.

Hashian, 41, was having absolutely none of it — but at least she found the humour in it.

“Because I thought we’d all enjoy a good Sunday laugh…” she wrote, kicking off a series of Instagram Stories in which she reshared the fabricated articles one by one.

The first showed an AI photo of her and Johnson holding a single baby. “Apparently I had a new baby in Miami!” she wrote over it.

The second post upped the ante considerably — another AI image, this time with two babies. Hashian’s caption was perfect: “Make that TWO! I had TWO BABIES!! 😂”

For the record: Hashian and The Rock are parents to two daughters — Jasmine, 10, and Tiana, 8. Johnson also shares his eldest daughter Simone, 24, with his ex-wife and longtime business partner Dany Garcia. The family is complete. No secret Miami babies.

Johnson and Hashian’s love story is one of Hollywood‘s more quietly enduring ones. The pair first crossed paths in 2006, began dating the following year, and eventually married in 2019 after more than a decade together.

The depth of Johnson’s devotion to his family has never been hard to find. Back in 2022, he posted a video of himself holding Jasmine and Tiana at SoFi Stadium while Hashian delivered a powerful rendition of the National Anthem to 70,000 fans ahead of an NFL clash between the Los Angeles Rams and the Seattle Seahawks.

“Me holding my babies tight, while their mama sings a powerful and inspiring National Anthem… will go down as one of the greatest and most moving moments of my life,” he wrote at the time.

The couple made a rare red carpet appearance together as recently as January 2026, stepping out hand in hand at the 83rd Golden Globe Awards. Johnson, nominated for his role in The Smashing Machine, told Entertainment Tonight on the red carpet: “I’ve got my beautiful wife with me, and I’m lucky. I got my girls at home watching. My family’s here. So I’m happy.”

So to summarise: no new babies, no secret Miami birth, and a very amused Lauren Hashian who would like everyone to please use their Sunday afternoons more wisely.

The AI, however, remains undefeated in chaos.

He was supposed to be on stage tonight.

Dylan Carter, the 24-year-old country singer and The Voice Season 24 contestant who captured hearts across America with a tearful audition dedicated to his late mother, died on Saturday, April 25, in a car accident in Colleton County, South Carolina. He was 24 years old.

Law enforcement told TMZ that Carter’s 2026 Tesla sedan was travelling southbound on U.S. Route 21 just after 11 p.m. when the vehicle veered off the road, struck a pole and a fence, and rolled over. Carter was the sole occupant of the car and was wearing his seatbelt. He was rushed to hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The Colleton County coroner confirmed the cause of death as blunt-force injuries sustained in the crash, ruling it accidental.

The night before what would have been one of his concerts.

Carter had been scheduled to perform in Moncks Corner, South Carolina on Sunday, April 27 — a show that will now never happen. The mayor of Moncks Corner, Thomas Hamilton Jr., posted a tribute to Carter on Facebook that captured the depth of what the community has lost:

“As a gifted singer, he frequently entertained our community with his performances at Town events. His kindness and charm earned him immense respect, and his absence will be deeply felt. He was much more to our family than an entertainer — he was our friend and we are deeply saddened.”

Carter first came to national attention in 2023 when he auditioned for NBC‘s The Voice Season 24 with a stunning rendition of Whitney Houston‘s “I Look to You” — a performance that visibly moved the show’s judges. He chose country legend Reba McEntire as his coach, explaining that he had been a lifelong fan and that the entire audition was a tribute to his mother, who had passed away the year before.

That same love for his mother shaped much of what Carter did off the stage too. He was the co-founder of The Local Voice, a South Carolina non-profit organisation dedicated to supporting women battling cancer — a cause clearly close to his heart.

The organisation announced his passing on Facebook with a statement that was equal parts grief and gratitude:

“Dylan was the heart of what we do. He believed every voice matters and lived that every day. Through his music, his kindness, and his smile, he brought people together and made everyone feel seen. We are heartbroken, but find comfort knowing he is in heaven with his mother.”

Beyond music and philanthropy, Carter was described as a proud Lowcountry native who owned Sunny Days RV & Campground and worked as a realtor — someone who was woven into the fabric of his community in more ways than one.

He was 24 years old. He had a concert tomorrow. And now, all that remains is the music he left behind, and a community that will carry his light forward in his honour.

Information on survivors was not immediately available.

It started with a joke. It ended with a presidential ultimatum.

Jimmy Kimmel, the host of ABC‘s Jimmy Kimmel Live!, is once again at the centre of a firestorm with the Trump family — and this time, both the President of the United States and the First Lady are calling for his head.

The flashpoint was a joke Kimmel made at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, directed at Melania Trump:

“I want to congratulate you, Madam First Lady, on your huge accomplishment — the world’s first motionless picture.”

The quip played on the widespread public perception that Melania often appears visibly unhappy at official engagements. Under normal circumstances, it might have landed as standard Correspondents’ Dinner fare. But the timing could not have been worse.

The dinner took place just hours after a deeply unsettling incident: an armed man had attempted to enter the venue where President Donald Trump, Melania, and members of the White House were present alongside hundreds of journalists. In that charged atmosphere, Trump’s supporters seized on Kimmel’s joke — specifically the phrase “expectant widow” — and reframed it as something far darker.

Melania was first to respond publicly, taking to X with a pointed attack on both Kimmel and his network:

“People like Kimmel shouldn’t have the opportunity to enter our homes each evening to spread hate. A coward, Kimmel hides behind ABC because he knows the network will keep running cover to protect him. Enough is enough. It is time for ABC to take a stand.”

Her husband went further — much further. Writing on his Truth Social platform, President Trump called for Kimmel’s immediate dismissal from ABC and its parent company, Walt Disney Co:

“Jimmy Kimmel should be immediately fired.”

The White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt also waded in, telling reporters: “Who, in their right mind, says a wife would be glowing over the potential murder of her beloved husband?”

Kimmel pushed back, insisting the outrage was manufactured. “It was a very light roast joke about the fact that he’s almost 80 and she’s younger than I am,” he said, flatly denying the suggestion that his remarks constituted any kind of “call to assassination.”

This is not the first time Kimmel has found himself in the crosshairs of the Trump administration. Last year, ABC suspended him after Brendan Carr, head of the Federal Communications Commission, issued a thinly veiled threat to the network over comments Kimmel made following the death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. “These companies can find ways to change conduct to take action on Kimmel or, you know, there’s going to be additional work for the FCC ahead,” Carr said at the time. After a swift backlash from free speech advocates, ABC reinstated Kimmel within a week.

The broader media battle didn’t stop with Kimmel. On Sunday, President Trump turned his anger on CBS News anchor Norah O’Donnell during a 60 Minutes interview, erupting when she read from the manifesto of Saturday’s suspected attacker, Cole Thomas Allen. “You’re a disgrace,” Trump told her on camera.

CBS is owned by Paramount Skydance, led by chairman and CEO David Ellison — son of Oracle founder and Trump ally Larry Ellison. The network paid $16 million to settle a Trump lawsuit in July 2025 over claims that 60 Minutes had edited a Kamala Harris interview to favour her in the 2024 election. It has since appointed a former Trump administration official as ombudsman to review claims of political bias.

Meanwhile, Paramount Skydance is engaged in a high-stakes battle with Netflix to acquire Warner Bros — a move widely seen as part of Ellison’s ambition to fundamentally reshape the American media landscape.

For now, Kimmel remains on air. But with the President, the First Lady, and the White House all calling for his removal in the same week — the pressure on ABC and Disney to act has never been greater.