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Chloe Kim Shuts Off Instagram DMs After 'Very Disturbing' AI Fakes, Debunks Proposal Photo

The Olympic silver medalist says she disabled messages to protect herself from viral fakery targeting her relationship.

Overview

  • On Friday, Kim announced on Instagram that she turned off direct messages after receiving "fake and very disturbing" images and videos, saying she needed to protect herself.
  • She told Jimmy Kimmel Live that a widely shared AI-generated photo of Myles Garrett proposing was not real and joked she wouldn’t accept a sunglasses-on proposal.
  • The fake engagement image briefly fooled some friends, including fellow Olympian Lindsey Vonn, before Kim publicly clarified the photo was fabricated.
  • In the same interview, Kim recounted initially mistaking "Garrett" for DJ Martin Garrix when a friend first invited her to a Cleveland Browns game.
  • She returned from a shoulder injury to win silver in the Milano Cortina halfpipe, with Garrett traveling to Italy to support her during the Olympics.