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Mia Goth at Universal Pictures' 'The Odyssey' world premiere on July 6 in London Zak Hussein/Variety Actress Mia Goth is hitting back after a fan account shared viral AI-generated photos of her unchecked for days.
The photo in question looked like a selfie of Goth, wearing a shirt captioned “My Ex Is My Biggest Fan.” The account was verified and had the handle @miagoth_, but the Pearl and Maxxine actress famously does not use social media and has never had a public Instagram account. The photo spread after Goth confirmed that she and her former partner, actor Shia LaBeouf, were filing for divorce.
Goth is best known for her work on Ti West’s horror trilogy X, starring as the lead in X (2022), Pearl (2022), and MaXXXine (2024). The English actress and LaBeouf share a four-year-old daughter, Isabel.
The Instagram account identified itself as a fan account in its profile description, but it also had a verified blue checkmark, a badge Instagram typically uses to identify accounts run by notable people or celebrities. In recent years, Instagram has also started using Meta Verified badges, blue checkmarks almost identical to the verified badges, but purchasable via subscription. The lack of visible distinction is most likely why news outlet People posted a now-removed article on the pic — as if Goth herself has posted it.
Christine Tripicchio, a spokesperson for Goth, called the image’s circulation “disconcerting” in a statement to The Verge.
