You can relax now, Miley Cyrus. We’ve all been had.
In light of the Justin Bieber pot smoking scandal, a Twitter campaign titled “Cutting for Bieber” had allegedly cropped up, with fans expressing their disappointment in the singer by self-mutilating.
Among other stars, Cyrus has spoken out against the troubling movement.
But new reports confirm this trend was nothing but a hoax created by 4Chan, a social media site with a history of pranks.
4Chan is also responsible for a fake Morgan Freeman diatribe against the media, as well as the rumor in October that Bieber had cancer.
So well played, 4Chan. Except for the part where you exploited a legitimate illness and spread the idea of self-injury as a method of expression.