Truth behind viral claim Jared Leto had sex with ChatGPT to prepare for new role

Rumors have been swirling around the internet about a wild form of preparation that actor Jared Leto engaged in for his role in the upcoming film Tron: Ares, with one page claiming that he 'had sex' with ChatGPT.

Actors are known to do some wild things to help them get in character, and the whole concept of method acting can lead to some intriguing results if people take it a little too far.

Sometimes you can't quite believe what you read about the process of making a film though, and one absurd rumor surrounding Jared Leto's role in the upcoming Tron movie has left many feeling gobsmacked.

One news-style post on X citing a Variety article on the latest Tron: Ares trailer made the outlandish claim that Leto "had sex with ChatGPT to prepare for his role as an AI in 'TRON: ARES'," and it understandably went viral very quickly.

The post itself has over 2 million views and garnered 56,000 likes in a single day, and it has spread to multiple corners of the internet where people quite literally can't believe what they're reading.

"Does he not have a PR person," questioned one astounded user in a thread discussing the 'news', whereas another asked: "Can we just not with him anymore. It's not like he's some generational talent."

Anyone who could get past their initial shock and actually look into both who shared the news and the Variety source will have quickly realized that this claim is indeed not true, as reported by the India Times, and was merely a fabrication by a parody news page.

The initial post on X was shared by an account called 'DiscussingFish', which styles its name, profile picture, and post formatting in the vein of the popular news aggregator DiscussingFilm, making it easy to mistake one for the other.

It's certainly not the first time that people have been fooled by accounts like this, as NBACentel, Poo Crave, and many others have repeatedly made people look twice at what they're reading and sharing on social media.

Additionally, taking a look inside the Variety article that's cited as the 'source' will let you realize that there's not a single mention of ChatGPT, although it is true that Leto is playing the manifestation of an AI in the film so at least it got one part right.

DiscussingFish also makes no secret of its attempts to fool people, as the account replied to one user taking their claim seriously with an image declaring 'You Got Discussing Fish'd', although that didn't stop plenty of people enlisting the aid of Grok in the replies too.