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Another altered image purporting to show Kamala Harris and Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs spreads online
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This image was altered. The original shows Sean "Diddy" Combs and fashion designer Misa Hylton, not Vice President Kamala Harris.
"Not photoshopped," said a description of an image of Vice President Kamala Harris and music magnate Sean "Diddy" Combs that is very much Photoshopped.
"Kamala’s team has spent more than $5 million having images of her with Sean "P. Diddy" Combs bleached from the internet," the Oct. 15 Threads post said.
It was flagged as part of Meta’s efforts to combat false news and misinformation on its News Feed. (Read more about our partnership with Meta, which owns Facebook, Instagram and Threads.)
The image of Harris, the 2024 Democratic presidential nominee, and Combs, who was indicted in September on charges including sex trafficking, was altered.
The original image is of Combs and fashion designer Misa Hylton, Combs’ ex-girlfriend and the mother of one of his children. It was taken in 2019 in Los Angeles at Combs’ 50th birthday party.
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The altered image is flipped and has Harris’ face where Hylton’s was.
We’ve previously fact-checked claims that other altered images were authentic photos of Combs and Harris. In those cases, photos of Harris and talk show host Montel Williams, whom she dated, were edited to replace Williams’ face with Combs’.
We rate claims this is an authentic image of Harris and Combs False.
Our Sources
Threads post, Oct. 15, 2024
Getty Images, Sean Combs 50th Birthday Bash Presented By Ciroc Vodka, Dec. 14, 2019
PolitiFact, Image shows Kamala Harris and Montel Williams, not Sean "Diddy" Combs, Sept. 20, 2024
PolitiFact, No, this photo doesn’t show Kamala Harris posing with Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs, Sept. 19, 2024
USA Today, Misa Hylton, Diddy's ex, speaks out after Cassie video: 'I know exactly how she feels,’ May 21, 2024
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