Image of Tom Hanks wearing an anti-Trump t-shirt is digitally altered
(Reuters) – An image that appears to show U.S. actor Tom Hanks wearing an anti-Trump t-shirt is digitally altered. In the original image, released by outlets in August 2022, Hanks can be seen wearing a plain navy t-shirt.
A user shared the edited image on Twitter on September 14, 2022, with a caption that read, “Do you kill me [sic] hanks?… what if we kept america without hanks!!!!…” (here). The tweet had over 2,000 likes at the time of writing.
Other examples of the image shared on social media can be found (here), (here), (here) and (here).
The original photograph was published by various media, including The Daily Mail (here), with the credit of photographer Felipe Ramales of Splash News.
Reuters has previously addressed digitally altered images that appear to show celebrities, including Hanks, wearing t-shirts with political messages (here), (here), (here).
VERDICT
Amended. The original image shows actor Tom Hanks wearing a plain navy t-shirt.
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