In June 2024, there were reports in Telegram channels that instead of Karin Jean-Pierre, a certain bearded man was appointed to the post of official representative of the US president. We checked whether this is so.
June 19 in the Telegram channel of the TV presenter Olga Skabeeva (74,000 views at the time of writing this analysis) appeared the following publication: “The new press secretary was presented in the White House. Now, instead of black lesbians, Karin Jean-Pierre will be a bearded man in a dress. ” A 12-second video is given in the post, which shows a person behind a tribune with microphones, and the emblem of the US president is visible behind. The record presents such a dialogue between the hero of the video and his interlocutor behind the scenes:
- Welcome to the White House, I am ready to answer all your questions!
- Is it true that you have real hair?
“Yes, I assure you that this is not a wig!”
Following Skabeeva, about fifty channels published the same posts, among which "Dmitry Vasilet"(157,000 views),"Sheikh Tamir"(138 000),"Tucker Carlson for Russia"(62 000),"Black Sea pirates: fascist Pokemon"(61 000) and"Tucker Carlson in Russian"(51 000). There are similar publications in "VKontakte", Where is the post in the public"Tucker Carlson in Russian»Scored more than 50,000 views, in Tiktokas well as on some news sites And YouTube. In the Telegram channel of the TV presenter Vladimir Solovyov (218,000 views) published a more complete, 20-second version of the viral video with the following signature: “Samples were held in the White House for the post of new press secretary.”
In May 2022, it became known that US President Joe Biden appointed new press secretary of the White House. The place of Jen Psaki was occupied by her deputy Karin Jean-Pierre, who at the new post became the first dark-skinned woman and the first representative of the LGBT+community. However, in June 2024, no official reports that Jean-Pierre would leave his position were received. In addition, none of the publications mentioned above mentioned the name of the new press secretary. In subtitles to the video from the post of Solovyov, this person was called JBN.
His personality Installed The factor of the Georgian project "MIF Detector". A man from a viral video was an American stylist and hairdresser Jonathan Van Ness (on the video it is called on the initials of JVN). He is most famous as co -host and an expert of the new version of the reality show released on Netflix Queer Eye (“Natural through the eyes of gay”; the original program was shown on American television in the early 2000s). According to Van Ness, he is not nibbled, that is, he does not identify himself as a man or as a woman. Therefore, the celebrities Uses pronouns he/she/they, but, by his own admission, still Prefers male family.
June 18 (Moscow time-on the night of June 19) US Vice President Kamal Harris Published On the social network X, the creators and participants of both versions of Queer Eye visit the White House, "to discuss progress, in a difficult struggle, achieved by the LGBTKI community+ over the past 20 years." In her post, Harris thanked the guests for the substantial conversation and praise to the White House. However, the meeting itself took place several days earlier, since the vice president shared joint photos on the night of June 14, and the media They wrote About the event the day before. One of the presenters original show in social networks Clarifiedthat the meeting was held on the occasion of the 21st anniversary of the program.
And in the video Harris, and in other pictures it is noticeable that on Van Ness is the same dress as on the runette spread in the rune.
Apparently, during a visit to the White House, the guests also visited the hall where the briefings of the press secretary of the US President were held, and Van Ness held an impromptu press conference with answers to comic questions. Complete version The viral video is published in the profile of the stylist on Instagram, it lasts 36 seconds, and a significant part of this time is heard behind the frame. In addition, from the rostrum was removed Signs with the inscription "The White House, Washington". Nevertheless, the media ReportThat this visit to Harris angered the critics of the Biden administration.
It is noteworthy that before the publication of a video about the "new press secretary" in the Skabeeva channel They wrote The fact that Queer Eye's stars visited the White House. However, for some reason the leading reality shows was called “the actors of the series” and added that Harris called “men in the dress”, although in such an outfit there was only Van Ness. That is, it cannot be ruled out that initially in the TV presenter channel the news was given as a joke that other users later distributed without the appropriate context.
Photo on the cover: screenshot video @jvn (Instagram)
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