Reps for Miley Cyrus -- the singer/actress also known as "Hannah Montana" -- have denied rumors that the young pop star is pregnant. Turns out the whole pregnancy thing was just an Internet hoax. On the bright side, this has given the writers of "Hannah Montana" an idea for a hilarious new episode called "Coat Hangers Aren't Just For American Eagle Scoop Neck T's."
"It is 100% not true," Miley's rep told "Access Hollywood" of the rumor.
The picture that started the rumors turned out to be nothing more than a mediocre Photoshop job. We should have known this when the story of Cyrus' pregnancy got a blurb half the size of a story on the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants sequel. Or when Miley justified the pregnancy by saying "I went a little too far." OK, so there were probably 20 reasons why this is fake. Whatever, I don't think anyone got too distraught over the pregnancy of Hannah Montana.
Here's what I want to know...
Why? Why does anyone waste their time starting an Internet rumor? I mean, between the Photoshopping, coming up with the caption, and then posting and spreading the rumor online, we're talking about a 75-minute investment, minimum. Is that worth it? I'm sure whoever is starting online rumors doesn't consider their time very valuable, but still, there doesn't seem to be any payoff whatsoever. Are you trying to prove that the public is obsessed with celebrities and extremely gullible? Because we know this already. It's a fact; no more research is necessary. That has to be the reason, right? Or are there two dudes out there right now high-fiving and going, "YES!!! We tricked the public into thinking Miley Cyrus was pregnant for 16 hours!!!! We RULE!!!!"
If anyone out there has ever successfully started an Internet rumor, please explain what you got out of it. It seems like the only one who would benefit from this would be J-14 Magazine, since no one had ever heard of it before, and now it's in a front page story. Actually... what if this was secretly started by J-14? Hmmm, interesting. The magazine of course denies ever printing (or having any knowledge of) this story, but then again, they would say that. If J-14 pulled this off as a publicity stunt, well... that's just pure genius.
