Claim:
During a December 2025 appearance on live TV, actor Helen Mirren said she would invest $107 million in streaming service Netflix to “tear apart the fog that has hidden the truth for far too long.”
Rating:
In December 2025, a Facebook post (archived) claimed that actor Helen Mirren declared on live TV that she would invest $107 million in Netflix to “tear apart the fog that has hidden the truth for far too long.”
According to the post, Mirren announced the investment on the night of Dec. 9, during which she also referenced an unsettling 15-minute clip that Netflix had supposedly released. Mirren allegedly closed the broadcast with a single sentence: “If the truth makes the powerful tremble…then it’s time they tremble.”
The rumor also circulated in other Facebook posts (archived here and here). Multiple Snopes readers searched our website to verify whether it was true.
However, the story was completely fabricated. There was no evidence Mirren made such an announcement, even though the post claimed the news was trending online.
Searches of Bing, DuckDuckGo, Google and Yahoo turned up no credible news reports supporting the claim. Instead, we only found posts resharing the same false story. Since Mirren is a well-known celebrity, news about her investing in Netflix would likely receive coverage from reputable media outlets.
Mirren also had not posted any statements about such an investment on her Instagram account or website.
The Facebook page behind the post linked to an advertisement-filled blog post with more details in the comments section, a tactic commonly used by pages that share similar made-up stories. These types of stories are seemingly written to generate ad revenue for external websites.
While the blog post was lengthier than the initial Facebook post, it also omitted key details that could verify the story’s authenticity, including the network or show where Mirren allegedly made the announcement, the name of the show’s host, and specifics about the supposed 15-minute clip.
The text in both the Facebook post and the attached blog post also showed signs of artificial intelligence (AI) generation.
For example, it contained over-the-top, emotionally charged language, such as “suddenly became the epicenter of a media earthquake” and “a silence so thick it pressed against the studio walls.” This type of language is often found in AI-generated content that’s designed to elicit strong reactions and drive engagement.
Other evidence raised red flags about the Facebook post’s claim. A page transparency tab revealed that the page’s owners were based in Vietnam — a country that has repeatedly appeared in research into fabricated, AI-generated stories tied to major news events and public figures.
A similar false story claiming that actor and singer Bette Midler was investing millions of dollars into Netflix also circulated on social media around the same time.
This is common in AI-generated rumors, which often swap in different celebrities’ names while recycling the same false story. For example, Snopes previously debunked false online rumors about multiple celebrities performing with a foster child named “Lily Tran.”
