Facebook user Social Distance Powwow

Claim:

A photograph shared on social media in September 2024 authentically showed actor Keanu Reeves holding a pro-Trump T-shirt.

Rating:

Fake (About this rating?)

In mid-September 2024, a photo allegedly showing actor Keanu Reeves holding a pro-Trump T-shirt spread on social media.

The item of clothing displayed variations of the slogan “NEVER STOP FIGHTING TO SAVE AMERICA,” and included an image from the attempted assassination of former U.S. President Donald Trump in July 2024.

“Keenu Reeves joined the Trump train,” one X user captioned the picture (archived).

The photo of Reeves also appeared on Facebook in July 2024, with the latter post amassing more than 39,000 reactions as of this writing.

One Facebook user who appeared to believe the image was authentic commented: “Like the majority of sane Americans, Keanu despises trump.”

However, the picture of the actor was digitally altered to include a pro-Trump T-shirt, therefore we have rated it as fake.


Fact Check: Pic Supposedly Shows Keanu Reeves Holding Pro-Trump T-Shirt. Here’s the Truth

(Facebook user Social Distance Powwow, Getty Images)

The original photograph, which was published by Getty Images on Nov. 8, 2017, does not show Reeves holding such a T-shirt.


Fact Check: Pic Supposedly Shows Keanu Reeves Holding Pro-Trump T-Shirt. Here’s the Truth

(Getty Images)

Getty’s caption for the original Reeves photograph read:

Keanu Reeves attends Arch press conference at EICMA 2017, the International Motorcycle Fair, on November 8, 2017 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Pier Marco Tacca/Getty Images)

TinEye reverse image search results revealed similar doctored images of the “John Wick” actor holding various T-shirts.