Mia Goth Condemns Instagram Over AI-Faked Divorce Selfie

By Elena Vasquez

A fake Instagram post showing Mia Goth in a shirt reading “MY EX IS MY BIGGEST FAN” circulated through multiple news outlets this week — and the actress's team says Meta let it spread even though Goth has no social media accounts at all.

The image appeared on Thursday, two days after news broke of Goth's divorce filing from Shia LaBeouf. The account behind it, “miagoth_,” carried Instagram's blue verified checkmark and roughly 1 million followers. Several outlets treated the post as genuine.

It was not. Goth does not use social media, her spokesperson Christine Tripicchio said in a statement to The Verge. Goth's team has filed multiple complaints with Instagram over the account's repeated posting of what Tripicchie called “counterfeit, AI images” of the actress.

What did the spokesperson say?

Tripicchie's statement, verbatim:

“The fact that this fan account meets Instagram's criteria to qualify for a ‘blue check' is disconcerting on a fundamental level. Beyond that, it is incomprehensible that Instagram evidently prioritizes the dissemination of forged and manipulated images over the protection and integrity of a public figure's likeness.”

The account was labeled as a fan account, according to The Verge. Its checkmark and follower count — about one million people — created real risk that fans would mistake it for Goth's official presence. Takeaway: a verification badge meant to signal authenticity instead amplified a fabrication.

Meta and Tripicchio did not respond to immediate requests for comment. As of Tuesday afternoon, the “miagoth_” account appeared to have been taken down.

How does Meta handle AI depictions of real people?

Meta does not ban AI-generated depictions of real people. The company's policy is narrower:

• It labels content modified using AI as such.
• It notes when a profile is an “AI-generated profile.”
• It relies on those labels rather than removal to manage synthetic likenesses.

Goth's case shows the gap in that approach: a fan account posting AI-altered images of a real actress met the criteria for verification while the platform's labels failed to stop mainstream outlets from reporting the fake post as real.

Where does this fit in Hollywood's deepfake fight?

Several Hollywood figures have condemned AI-driven deepfakes, including Scarlett Johansson, Cate Blanchett and Steven Soderbergh. Blanchett cofounded the nonprofit Human Consent Foundation, which helps people register how AI models can — or cannot — scrape their likenesses, in an effort to combat such spoofs.

Goth's incident lands as that debate intensifies. Her team's complaints argue that a verified account posting forged images of a public figure should not qualify for the same badge platform-wide trust depends on. Whether Meta changes its verification or labeling policies in response remains the open question.