It’s natural to assume those in power, including celebrities, are involved in evil conspiracies. And they are. But probably not one of these.
10. Billie Eilish is an industry plant
The industry plant conspiracy theory is one of the less esoteric on this list. There are no secretive cabals or shapeshifting monsters, just record labels and corporate fat cats. Basically, an industry plant is an artist presented by their label as a self-made success story when they’re actually manufactured by executives. It’s a charge often leveled at the singer Billie Eilish, whose meteoric rise to fame (following her viral success on SoundCloud) was too much for some to believe.
Like other artists of her generation, she emerged seemingly out of nowhere, complete with a polished image and the perfect sound for viral success. Never mind that she was born into a family of musicians, and, like all of us, has access to industry analytics (YouTube views for instance), allowing her to fine-tune her image overnight. In fact, the internet blurs the line between amateur and professional to the point where there’s hardly a difference.
Of course, music industry executives are by no means squeaky clean. They’re a cynical, predatory, duplicitous bunch. But, as Complex points out, industry plants don’t make much sense. For one thing, those accusing artists of being industry plants are often the same people accusing labels of neglecting their favorites—that is, of not manufacturing them enough. The fact is it takes a lot of time, not to mention money, to manufacture acts out of nowhere. It certainly doesn’t happen overnight—but viral success does. In other words, record labels are far too busy nowadays scooping up artists online to think about making their own.
9. There’s a Kardashian curse
There probably isn’t a sign over each of the Kardashians’ front doors reading “Abandon all hope, ye who enter here” but, according to some, there should be.
The so-called Kardashian curse ensures misfortune befalls any man who enters their orbit. Scott Disick, for example, Kourtney’s ex-partner, was left with substance abuse issues and the loss of his parents, while Lamar Odom, Khloé’s ex-husband, had a near-fatal overdose in 2015 after struggling with addictions of his own. Meanwhile, Kim’s ex-husband Kris Humphries, although they were only married briefly, saw his NBA career fail post-divorce. And Kylie Jenner’s ex Tyga was plagued with financial problems.
Then there’s Kanye West, who was married to Kim for eight years and has suffered some very public breakdowns. The couple’s divorce in 2022 further fueled speculation—especially as he was ordered to pay $200,000 a month in child support.
8. Beyoncé gave birth to her sister
Beyoncé has been the subject of two very specific, pregnancy-related conspiracy theories. The first, from 2013, says she’s actually Solange Knowles’ mother—not her sister as they would have you believe. According to the Knowleses, Beyoncé was four when Solange was born in 1986. But, according to a birth certificate seen by a Texan civil servant (or a driver’s license seen at Columbia Records), she was actually born in 1974—so she would have been a just-about-childbearing 12. Then there’s Gabrielle Union’s comment that she and Beyoncé have been friends since they were teenagers—even though Union was born in 1972. Even Beyoncé’s mum Tina helped fuel the rumor (albeit inadvertently) by mentioning a family history of birth record discrepancies. Some of her cousins, she said, had their surname (Tina’s maiden name Beyoncé) written down as Beyincé by officials who refused to correct it. In fact, Beyoncé’s grandmother was told that, because they were black, they were lucky to get birth certificates at all. Still, even if Beyoncé is 50 years old, there’s no proof Solange is her daughter.
The other conspiracy theory came the following year, when another Tina—Tina Seals—alleged that she was the mother of Blue Ivy, Beyoncé’s daughter with Jay-Z. Having served as their surrogate, she said, she now wanted custody of the child (then aged 10). To be fair, there was some doubt when Beyoncé was pregnant, given that her baby bump looked fake. In the end, though, Seals’ case was thrown out—as were her other claims against Mariah Carey, Kate Middleton, and the US government.
7. Katy Perry was a child sacrifice
The day after Christmas in 1996, JonBenét Ramsey, a 6-year-old beauty pageant queen, was murdered at her home in Colorado. Nobody was charged, but the case remains open. Police continue to investigate any new lead—except, apparently, the one that emerged in 2015 when YouTuber Dave Johnson said the girl’s death was staged as a sacrifice. It was, he said, a sacrifice “in name only” to “get something” the parents sorely wanted. And “that something,” he said, was for JonBenét “to become a star.” Or more specifically, as it turns out, to become Katy Perry.
The evidence is underwhelming. First, there’s the passable resemblance between Perry and the child—although Perry would’ve been 12 when JonBenét was 6. Then there’s the resemblance between their parents. According to Jonhson, “he [JonBenét’s dad] shaved his head, she [JonBenét’s mother] lost some weight and that’s about it,” There are also, allegedly, clues in Perry’s work.
Needless to say, the singer’s denial didn’t help. When, at the 2017 MTV Video Music Awards, comedian Billy Eichner asked her to blink twice if she was the murdered little girl, she unconvincingly replied “um wait, no, that is not real.”
6. Cardi B is MKUltra’d
Although “conspiracy theory” has come to mean “BS,” the fact is conspiracies happen—even the crazy ones. They’ve always been essential for maintaining power. MKUltra, for instance, was a mind control program (yes, a mind control program) run by the CIA. It ran from the 1950s to 1973. Using controversial techniques like high-dose LSD, brain surgery, and electronic implants, government scientists targeted vulnerable groups—such as mental health patients and prisoners—who couldn’t resist or retaliate. (Just like you see in the movies.)
But what about celebrities? In a way, the MKUltra celebrity mind control conspiracy theory is more plausible than the others on this list. It attributes celebrity quirks (or “glitches”) not to cloning or Reptilian sorcery but to good old-fashioned mind control. Evidence for the claim is thin on the ground but includes Cardi B’s appearance at the 2018 Grammy Awards. Appearing to zone out during a red carpet interview, she was said to be experiencing a glitch in her programming. The strange behavior of Kanye West, Katy Perry, and Kylie Jenner, among others, has also been attributed to mind control.
5. Many celebrities are clones
When a commodity sells, it makes sense to make more of it. Supply and demand. But what if your commodity is a person? According to some, the same rule applies—which is why Hollywood clones its celebrities. Disney Channel stars, including Miley Cyrus and Zac Efron, are actually lab-created clones, they say (despite this story first appearing on the satirical news site The Onion). Evidence centers on their weird and “glitchy” behavior. Cyrus, for example, sticks her tongue out for no apparent reason. Also, she’s been dead several times: in 2008 (hit and run), 2010 (murdered), and 2012 (accidental overdose). Each time, they say, Disney dumped the body and woke the next clone. But while the likeness is close, it’s not quite perfect. Little clues, like altered facial structure, prove she’s not the original.
It’s not just Disney. Other celebrities insured by clones include Béyonce (cloned by the Illuminati, died in 2000); Avril Lavigne (died in 2003, replaced by “Melissa”); Britney Spears (her 2008 breakdown was a glitch); Paul McCartney (dead since the sixties) Megan Fox (because she looks different); and the weatherman Al Roker (who actually admitted he was a clone once on Twitter). Then there’s Bill Gates, who, according to an alleged Ancestry.com page, has been dead since 2013. Also, his wife Melinda was replaced by a male clone, which is why they split up.
Like all clones out of the Illuminati’s clone farms, their purpose is allegedly to further the dark cabal’s interests—just like how bribes work but way more complicated.
4. Taylor Swift is a cloned Satanic priestess
Needless to say, Taylor Swift is another celebrity clone. She is after all the spitting image of the artist Zeena Schreck, former High Priestess of the Church of Satan. The resemblance is uncanny, but it doesn’t stop there. Swift’s work is replete with satanic symbols—at least according to some. Shane Lynch, of the boyband Boyzone, says her Eras Tour, in particular, was rife with demonic rituals, pentagrams, and other occult insignia. She also likes the color red, which, as any suburban religious mother caught up in the satanic panic in the 1980s knows, is a telltale sign of evil.
There are also the ritualistic chants of the Swifties, her fans, and her occult-style costumes—some of which include hoods. Another mark of the Beast.
Critics of the theory point to Swift’s album 1989, named for her natural birth year, as evidence she wasn’t cloned. But this only shows how little they know about cloning.
3. Justin Bieber is a reptile
That Justin Bieber’s probably a Reptilian shapeshifter goes without saying. But for the hundreds who actually saw him change form, it’s an undeniable fact. It happened at an airport in Perth, Australia in March 2017. Bieber was greeting fans when he briefly revealed his true form, complete with a shrunken head, striped black eyes, a scaly body, and a taller, more menacing stature. After running for the exits, locking themselves in toilets, or jumping in taxis, panicked eyewitnesses were sure of what they’d seen. But somehow nobody caught the moment on film. The story did, allegedly, break on the news site PerthNow—although they deny it. Either way, Buzzfeed picked up on the story and further added fuel to the fire, stoking rumors not only that Bieber is a reptile, but also a devil-worshiping Illuminatus hellbent on establishing the New World Order (as if this one isn’t draconian enough). Specifically, he’s from a Reptilian-Illuminati bloodline known as the Babylonian Brotherhood.
Earlier evidence for this includes a 2014 court appearance in which he blinks to reveal what looks to be a nictitating membrane—the translucent inner eyelid through which crocodiles see underwater.
2. Everyone’s in the Illuminati
The Illuminati was once a society for intellectuals, men of science, political thinkers, and secularists—the sworn enemies of superstition and silliness. Nowadays, thanks to the internet, we all know otherwise: the Illuminati is an occult, sometimes Reptilian menace hellbent on world domination. They needn’t be thinkers today; in fact, they recruit (and clone) some of the most vacuous people on the planet. Madonna, Jay-Z, Lady Gaga, Drake, and Donald Trump are just some of the celebs accused of being members. Usually, this is based on hints they drop themselves—because, for some reason, they’re only allowed to reveal themselves coyly.
Madonna’s halftime show at the 2012 Superbowl, for instance, was permeated, as Gizmodo put it, by “subliminal Satanic-Illuminati-Freemason messages.” Two years later she came out with her not-at-all-publicity-courting song “Illuminati.” Jay-Z also uses occult symbols, including his signature triangle hand gesture, interpreted as an admission of membership. Then there’s the lyrics, like for example those in his 2010 track with Rick Ross, “Free Mason”: “I said I was amazing, not that I’m a Mason… I’m red hot, I’m on my third six, but a devil I’m not.” Béyonce, his wife, is also accused; in fact, she’s often said to be the group’s queen. Her response? “Y’all haters corny with that Illuminati mess.” Denials, however, only fuel the intrigue.
Under the Carters in Illuminati influence, allegedly, are Kim Kardashian (the devil) and Kanye West (the demon), who plan to sacrifice their young child North.
1. Hollywood elites drink children’s blood
The blood-drinking conspiracy theory accuses Hollywood elites of vampirically draining the life force of children. It isn’t new. But A-listers blowing the whistle on it is. In 2017, Mel Gibson was quoted as saying on The Graham Norton Show: “I don’t know how to break it to you gently… Hollywood is institutionalized pedophilia. They are using and abusing kids …. Their spiritual beliefs, if you can call them that, direct them to harvest the energy of the kids. They feast on this stuff and they thrive on it.” Now, if you’re not familiar with The Graham Norton Show, it’s a glitzy, glossy, totally mainstream celebrity chat show. Its default setting, like all the other glitzy, glossy, mainstream chat shows, is to fawn over Hollywood. Gibson continued: “Hollywood is drenched in the blood of innocent children …. I was personally introduced to the practice in the early 2000s. I can talk about this now because these people, the execs, they’re dead now.” Unfortunately, there’s no record of how Norton responded. A little while later, Keanu Reeves is said to have said: “Hollywood elites engage in the ritual abuse of children and the practice of drinking their blood,” adding “Some of these guys carry around bottles of blood [and] call it ‘red wine’.”
The following year, it emerged that Jim Carrey was now blowing the whistle. According to an article from Jasper and Sardine, the actor told an audience that “Hollywood elites eat whole babies for Christmas,” adding: “These people believe the more the child has suffered, the better it tastes …. [and] the negative emotions coursing through the kid’s body, the adrenaline and hatred, will give them special powers.” He’s talking about the alleged but demonstratively bullshit effects of adrenochrome—a chemical there’s no need to harvest from humans.
Whether or not any of this is true remains to be seen. But none of it was actually said either by Gibson, Reeves, or Carrey. In fact, all quotes appear to have come from a single website— YourNewsWire—which, following an avalanche of widely published fact checks, has since rebranded as NewsPunch.