Reddit recently made headlines when they banned so-called “deepfakes,” the suspiciously time-consuming practice of using AI to generate adult content with celebrities’ faces on the bodies.
Yeah, things are already that weird. Good luck, future generations.
But whether or not deepfakes finds another outlet to host their hard work, another sort of celebrity deception (or is it?) continues to pop up, and it’s a whole lot less savvy.
Related: Tom Daley flashes his cakes on the diving board
How about we take this to the next level?
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Here’s what we do know: In January, Tom was reportedly upset over some particularly cheeky photos that made their way to the web.
The photos feature him gazing at the camera, wearing nothing but his Olympic ring.
The issue was set freshly ablaze when someone claiming to have additional photos taken by Daley began circulating.
Suffice it to say, it’s not so much cheeky as it is flashy.
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So far, Daley hasn’t commented on the images, and their legitimacy is being questioned. The Tumblr account it was posted to, however, had this to say:
Okay, we refuse to post fakes and always have. We have had these pictures for a while and have tried and tried to verify them, We think they are genuine, but cant guarantee it. Does seem to be authentic and uncut and about the size we expected from bulge in his shorts. So, make your own mind up boys.
Tom’s lawyers were quick to the draw the last go-around (and the time before that), so perhaps they’ll be getting a call very, very soon.
We won’t post the photos here, but there’s this thing called Google…
jd.cali
Whoooooooo cares!
Honestly. No offense to Tom Daley but why are we still following him? Summer Olympics is in 2020. Until then let’s shelf Tom from the lime light.
ChrisK
Queerty believes that if you post enough outrage stories then somehow it appears people actually care about the anything at all for attention whore.
Kieran
I love these morons who click on a story and then comment that “nobody” is interested in the story. Who is forcing you to read or comment on a particular subject?
Brexit
The Olympics may be 2 years away but he is the 2017 10 metre world diving champion so whatever other complaint you may have, you can hardly say that he’s not current!
mujerado
See, jd, there are these events called “national championships” and “world championships” that happen every year. You think swimmers just wait around for four years for the Olympics to come around? If Tom is irrelevant to your life, ignore him. He’s not irrelevant to his sport, which goes on, year after year. Get used to it.
DarkZephyr
I would imagine its because he’s famous, hot and married to a man and this is an LGBTQ news blog. Queerty isn’t the only site that would consider this news.
Vince
@jd.cali. Horny Desperate Queens = more tom articles. The anger your post generated proves that.
DarkZephyr
His post generated conversation. I don’t see any anger though.
ChrisK
https://i.imgur.com/rRyRTGj.jpg
Lazycrockett
The sheets in the dick pic are white, while the other shots the sheets are cream so they weren’t taken at the same time. If it is Tom he’s got nothing to be ashamed of. Headless dick pics really don’t do much for me though.
twalbash20
I just saw the pic and it’s definitely not him. The arm that is visible in the picture should show some of his olympic rings tattoo because it is the correct arm however the pic does not show his olympic tattoo at all so it is clearly not him .
Herman75
I know where to come for the trash. Kwearty.
dean089
It’s really quite simple, Tom: if you don’t want revealing/embarrassing photos of yourself on the internet, don’t put revealing/embarrassing photos of yourself on the internet. “Internet privacy” is an oxymoron.
Dymension
So glad someone said it.
tnguy222
The more Tom, the better.
moar Tom butt! moar Tom butt!
Captain proton
He should just do a Playgirl spread and then everyone can get on with their lives.
chris33133
Or he could do what Brit comedian Jack Whitehall did, when a fake dick pic of his circulated on the internet. Check it out; and if it’s “beautiful…” etc, just leave it. Here’s the link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFznAgLj0eg
Vince
That’s effing hilarious and probably true on most accounts. No guy will distance himself having a big dick on internet.
edc
I mean Tom is okay but way too much gay coverage. I don’t think the pics upset him because he seems to thrive off the social media attention. If he was to ever obtain the athletic diving excellence of a Greg Louganis he will really be doing something!