A WIDELY SHARED photo that posters say shows the Hollywood actor Leonardo DiCaprio and climate activist Greta Thunberg in swimwear on a yacht is fake. It is an altered version of a different image. The original photo was published in celebrity magazines along with a number of other paparazzi shots of DiCaprio on a boat off Italy with his family last year.
A photo in the set is identical to the picture with Thunberg, except for the face of the female beside DiCaprio, which is clearly different. That girl in the original photo has been identified as his teenage niece, who also appears in other photos of the boat trip. Other images of DiCaprio’s niece, as well as the presence of her parents on the boat, further corroborate this identification.
“DiCaprio and The Swedish Doom Goblin, saving the planet one super yacht at a time!” the caption reads on a copy of the edited photo posted to a Yellow Vest Ireland Facebook group. Inspired by the Gilets Jaunes, protesters of rising costs in France, Irish Yellow Vest groups have become a forum for angry supporters of various . Other versions of the claim on X have racked up more than half a million views, according to statistics provided on the site.
“A young Leonardo DiCaprio & Greta Thunberg have always cared about the planet, ever since they were able to take their 1st private jet or enjoy their own luxury yacht,” one post on X with more than 30,000 views reads. “It’s one big Scam Club”. All of these photos, which appear.