Whoopi Goldberg<\/a> has blasted a “phony” AI advert using her likeness to promote a weight loss drug.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Whoopi Goldberg has blasted on a new AI ad using her likeness<\/p>\n
The 69-year-old star – who has been open about her own efforts to lose weight – has revealed an Instagram advert has used artificial intelligence to sell a medication she doesn’t use.<\/p>\n
Speaking on ‘The View’, she said: \u201cI\u2019m giving everybody a heads up. There is a phony weight loss ad floating around online, on Instagram, that has me [with an] AI mouth saying all kinds of stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n
She told the show’s studio audience and viewers that she doesn’t sell anything, adding: “Unless say, \u2018Hey it\u2019s me, Whoopi.\u2019<\/p>\n
“That\u2019s how you know it\u2019s me.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nShe didn’t reveal which drug was being promoted, but noted the ad appeared to be using footage from her ‘CBS News Sunday Mornings’ appearances.<\/p>\n
\nShe said: “Do not indulge in this, do not look at this. Just get rid of it, because I don\u2019t know what it is.<\/p>\n
\n“I had nothing to do with it, and I don\u2019t want y\u2019all thinking that this is coming from me.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nWhoopi previously opened up about using Mounjaro to lose weight, and pointed out the new fake ad is “a lot of BS”.<\/p>\n
\nShe added: “That\u2019s the problem with AI. You don\u2019t know who made it, but I\u2019m telling you, it\u2019s a lot of BS. Do not fall for it.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nIn March last year, the ‘Color Purple’ actress revealed how she had put on weight while filming ‘Till’ in September 2021, and turned to a weight loss drug to help.<\/p>\n
\nShe said on \u2018The View\u2019: \u201cI will tell you, I weighed almost 300lbs when I made \u2018Till,\u2019 and I had taken all those steroids, I was on all this stuff, and one of the things that\u2019s helped me drop the weight is the Mounjaro \u2013\u2013 that\u2019s what I use.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cI just always felt like me, and then I saw me (in 2021), and I thought, \u2018Oh, that\u2019s a lot of me.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
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