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Media Outlets Share Scripted Video As 22-Year-Old Man Marrying 52-Year-Old Woman
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India, 16 Dec 2022 11:05 AM GMT
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A scripted video showing a man in his early 20s marrying a 52-year-old woman is going viral across social media. Media outlets such as Aaj Tak, NDTV, and ABP News circulated the video through reports passing it off as an actual incident.
A video showing a man in his early 20s allegedly marrying a 52-year-old woman is going viral across social media. Media outlets such as Aaj Tak and ABP News circulated the video through reports passing it off as an actual incident.
Claim:
The video shows a man standing alongside a woman, both dressed as if they are getting married. The person filming them asks whether they have gotten married, and the man replies yes, to which the person filming asks them their age. The man states his age as 21 years, while the woman is 52 years old.
The man says, "There is no age for love," "only the heart of the person is seen," and "Love can happen anytime." The person filming also asks whether they are happy together, to which they both affirm yes. The woman then says she trusts the man more than herself, as she has been with him for three years.
Snapshots of the viral video have been circulated by media outlets such as Zee News, ABP News, NDTV, Asianet News, TV9 Bharatvarsh, Times Now, and Lokmat.
Fact Check:
The Logical Indian Fact Check team verified the viral claim and found it false. The viral video is scripted.
We conducted a keyword search across social media and YouTube for the video. We came across several reuploads of the video, such as the same video titled, '52-year-old aunt married a 21-year-old boy, said after getting married - just the heart is seen', uploaded by the YouTube channel Khabar Tehkikat on December 15, 2022.
In our search on YouTube, we came across a video uploaded by the channel, All in one NEWs on December 8, 2022. In the video, we observed that the same video was included where the creator gave credit to @techparesh.
We searched for social media channels with @techparesh and came across the person's Instagram page. We scanned the page, and we noticed the viral video uploaded on the page.
The video was uploaded on December 3, 2022, captioned, "I have gotten married," with a laughing emoji highlighting the lighthearted impression given by the video.
We came across another video on the @techparesh Instagram account. This video was uploaded on December 14, 2022, and shows the same woman as seen in the viral video. In the video, it is claimed that a 52-year-old woman has married a 22-year-old man.
We then searched the user's Facebook account and found a video uploaded on September 14. This video allegedly shows two underage people marrying each other and shows the same man as seen in the viral video.
We came across other videos on the Instagram page, such as a video of an old man expressing his love for his supposed much younger girlfriend and another video of a man seen tying up a woman for allegedly forcing her to marry as per his wishes. These videos are dramatized pieces based on the topic of love and relationships.
It suggests that the viral video is scripted and made for entertainment purposes. The Logical Indian Fact Check team has debunked similar clips in the past. People usually film such scripted videos to gain popularity. Click here to read more such articles.
Conclusion:
We found that the video shown was uploaded on an Instagram account that regularly posts dramatized content. The viral video is scripted content, as the man and the woman have been seen in other dramatized videos posted by @techparesh. Thus, we can conclude that the claim spread by media outlets is false.
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