In January 2025, the news dispersed in the media and social networks that the Russian actor appeared on the advertising banner of the American Bank of sperm donors. We checked the reliability of such messages.
“Yura Borisov became the face of a sperm bank in California - posters with his face and jar have already appeared on the streets of the state. All thanks to the Hyup film "Anora". Here it is, popularity ”-a post with such a text was released on January 17 in the Telegram channel"Restart"(115,000 views at the time of writing this analysis). The publication gave a 10-second video with an alleged billboard. Channel "Ax - hot news"(267,000 views) specified that the record was made in Los Angeles. "Does he know about it himself?" - asked the question in the channel Shtoll News (139,000 views), hinting that advertising could be created without the knowledge of the artist.
Similar posts appeared in Telegram channels Mads (96,000 views), MDK (84,000), "Behind the scenes"(61 000),"Investor cabinet"(52,000) and others. The viral video also placed publics in VKontakte:" "Salvador in Dali"(Co -authored with three other groups, 415,000 views),"Rhymes and Panchi"(319 000),"5 best films"(287 000), COF (co -authored with four groups, 248,000) and others. Media, among which Lenta.ru, "Evening Moscow","Tsargrad" And "Komsomolskaya Truth"(At the same time, the Telegram channel of the newspaper reputed The publication with the video, which says: “It is difficult to believe in its reliability. The rampant neural networks in the yard, the aircraft is still this strange on the left at the top ”). There is a video in Facebook*.
In 2024, a Russian actor Yura Borisov gained world fame after the release of the film "Anora", In which he played the role of a second -plan character named Igor. For his game in this picture, the artist was awarded nominations for many prestigious awards, including "Oscar","Golden Globe" And Prize of the British Film Academy (BAFTA).
According to the above posts, Borisov’s success led to the fact that in Los Angeles an advertising shield was installed on the distributed video. On the captured billboard, a sperm bank logo is visible California Cryobankas well as a photo of the actor with the signature: “Do you want your child to look like Yura Borisov from Anora? We are here to help! "
Shortly after the start of the spread of this viral recording wife artist, actress Anna Shevchuk, in storiz on his page On Instagram* refuted that her husband signed a contract with California Cryobank. “Yura Borisov is not a person of any company in any country in the world,” she wrote, accompanying the statement by an actor’s picture.
“Verified” found out that the video was not captured by Los Angeles and not even California. Under the billboard, you can notice the sign of the amici restaurant, which located In Chicago, Illinois. City press Reportedthat this institution earned in the fall of 2023 on the site of the previously closed Harold's Chicken Shop, which is still Visible The Google Street View service.
Finally, with the help of a reverse search for the screenshot “verified” found a similar video, which in November 2024 Published User Instagram under the nickname Lil Baby Fan Page. Moreover, in that post the video was not proper. In this version of the billboard, the phrase Whatver Wham Say Goes is shown several times - this is an advertisement for the album Wham rapper Lil Baby. Similar banners appeared in other American cities, including Los Angeles.
The earliest publication with a fake video, which was able to find "verified", appeared January 17 at 12:23 pm Moscow time on social networks X. The post was published by the user Little Tony (@Andbalacanthony), registered on the platform in January 2025. The screenshot of his tweet is often It appears In other publications with fake news. At the time of writing, this post is the only one on the @andbalacanthony page.
Thus, Yura Borisov did not become the face of a California sperm bank. This was refuted by his wife, and the viral video, which served as evidence, was shot in another state and edited. Note that some Telegram channels and the media, including Lenta.ru, later they wrote that the video was fabricated.
*Russian authorities They think Meta Platforms Inc., which owns social networks Facebook and Instagram, an extremist organization, its activities and symbolism in Russia are prohibited.
Photo on the cover: frame From the film "Anora" / social networks / collage "Retrieved"
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