A couple of days ago the rumor of an engagement between Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer spread over the internet through the True Blood message boards, Twitter, Facebook and Myspace. The source was the gossip magazine Star, who claimed to have received the happy news from an anonymous source.
Anna Paquin denies the engagement and dismisses all the rumors, with her publicist insisting they are “not true.” (source: Starpulse)
Yesterday I attended the live chat Anna had with fans on The Envelop (LA Times) website where Anna was asked if she has a Myspace account, she reacted to that and the alleged engagement that was announced on that page:
Anna Paquin: “I DO NOT HAVE A MY SPACE ACCOUNT!!!! yeah i love reading things about my life that are FICTION. a while back someone posed as me on facebook and said i was in hospital. which was funny because i was on set at the time and have never been in hospital since i was born. thought it was a bit thoughtless because if that info trickled out to friends or family they would be worried… ya know?”
Very active in diffusing the rumor of the alleged engagement were the (fake) Anna Paquin Myspace page and the (fake) Facebook account that is connected to this page. I have posted about these fake profiles several times on The Vault and on the Facebook page of The Vault, to let the fans know that those pages are not affiliated with Ms. Paquin. But, needless to say, hardly anybody believed me and I was removed from the “Anna Paquin” Facebook account. But not before taking several screenshots.
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Duh Facebook! Bad! Bad Facebook! They deactivate so many accounts of blameless, innocent people (myself included and my fellow Autism advocates) just because we “use” our own wall too much. Clearly, this person is a big fat impostor (bordering beyond psychotic) and what do they do? Keep the account protected. They wouldn’t know what’s legit is even if it spat on their face! GAAAAH. This makes me sooooooooo angry. I’m actually more upset with FB than this deranged person. Ok! OK! **tries to calm down**. Think happy thoughts! ***thinks of cerulean blue…cerulean blue***
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Well, if Anna’s manager doesn’t know the difference between “sitting” and “setting” then she needs to find a new manager.
Are people really that bored that they feel the need to make fake social networking pages based on a celebrity they’ve likely never met?
Time to find a more constructive hobby people.
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myvampbill Reply:
July 2nd, 2009 at 14:47
Well said! I thought the same thing as I was setting here in my chair – wink – :)
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If this IS Anna’s manager (it’s some knucklehead, drooling light beer into their keyboard), Anna should buy him/her some punctuation for Christmas. That is the longest run-on sentence I’ve ever seen!
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Thank you Shad for finally letting everyone know this is a load of horse puckey! Some people have entirely too much time on their hands. They should try to do something constructive-like get a job!
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Wow, it is revealed. I hope this stops that page and Facebook takes care of it. Glad to have the rumors ended. Good work Shad.
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Unbelievable that people would actually believe all of this. But what is more unbelievable is that someone would actually impersonate a celebrity and their manager. Crazy stuff! Thanks Shad for posting all of this.
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I’m shaking my head in disbelief. It’s all I can do to get through my day, take care of my RL stuff and spend a little time on line. These impersonators need to get a life. Thanks, Shad, for your posting. *sitting some things straight* Like nails on a blackboard to me.
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I do believe that the account has been deleted in the meantime.
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I agree with everyone. Scary scary scary. I friended “Anna Paquin” after the live chat because I was hearing rumors and I knew it was a fake page. Having the page is pathetic enough, saying that “the person the LA Times interviewed is not me, I’M THE REAL ANNA” is downright scary…needless to say, I “defriended” “her” about 5 minutes later. Much love and respect to the real, private Anna (and Stephen).
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Not!Anna Paquin’s account is very much (still) aliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiive. So tempted to have her add me and then tear her a new (insert euphemism for sphincter muscle).
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Dang it!I knew Anna would not announce an engagement, but Stephen…
Anyway, I knew Anna would not have Facebook or MySpace pages. I would love to prosecute the scum who did this to her for IDENTITY THEFT.
Just a note: Still hoping for that wedding, someday!
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why don’t you just report them to facebook? that would be the easier time of it. there has to be a way to get the i.p. address from the computer that person is using – i could be speaking outta my ass on that one – but there has to be a way that person could totally be banned.
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or maybe anna could threaten to sue. it is a type of fraud, isn’t it?
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Shadaliza Reply:
July 3rd, 2009 at 8:25
She could spend her whole day sueing people, there are several fake accounts on Facebook, Twitter, Myspace, etc.
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How dare they show my ring Steve gave me! What an idiot. Glad this rumor has been given the ax and so has whomever did it. This is the danger of facebook though. You do not know who you are dealing with. i could be the pervert! Ok, you guys know me. No one could be me. but don’t mess with our people! We bite!
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These poor celebs have enough to deal with… without this kind of crap! I feel so sorry for Anna…. I’m glad everything has (or seems to be) de-bunked. “POSER’S”! :-)
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I wonder if Stephen and Anna laughed at all this engagement nonsense. Because in the end, it is pretty funny, actually, lol
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stephenlovesanna Reply:
July 4th, 2009 at 1:21
Why would an engagement be funny?
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Because it’s not true. I ment that they would laugh at that someone lied about it. That person obviously don’t have much to do
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