{"id":1289097,"date":"2022-02-10T16:08:57","date_gmt":"2022-02-10T21:08:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1289097"},"modified":"2022-02-10T16:36:06","modified_gmt":"2022-02-10T21:36:06","slug":"fact-check-did-keanu-reeves-say-people-like-trump-lift-the-veil-to-a-web-of-interconnected-manipulation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-did-keanu-reeves-say-people-like-trump-lift-the-veil-to-a-web-of-interconnected-manipulation\/","title":{"rendered":"FACT CHECK: Did Keanu Reeves Say, \u2018People Like Trump Lift The Veil\u2019 To A \u2018Web Of Interconnected Manipulation\u2019?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffact-check-did-keanu-reeves-say-people-like-trump-lift-the-veil-to-a-web-of-interconnected-manipulation%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1289097&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>A viral <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.md\/luk3S\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook post<\/a> claims actor Keanu Reeves made a lengthy statement alleging that \u201cpeople like Trump lift the veil\u201d to a \u201cweb of interconnected manipulation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Verdict: False<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There is no evidence that Reeves made the statement attributed to him in the post. His publicist refuted the claim.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span>Fact Check:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Reeves has starred in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0133093\/?ref_=ttls_li_tt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">all<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0234215\/?ref_=ttls_li_tt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">three<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0242653\/?ref_=ttls_li_tt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">installments<\/a> of \u201cThe Matrix\u201d film trilogy and its 2021 sequel \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt10838180\/?ref_=ttls_li_tt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Matrix Resurrections<\/a>,\u201d according to IMDb. The message attributed to him in the post, which has been shared over 300 times, declares, \u201cHumans are about to break free from the Matrix\u201d and praises former President Donald Trump for revealing a \u201cweb of interconnected manipulation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The post also claims that Reeves said humanity has long been imprisoned in \u201ca holographic universe projected onto us by those who want to control us\u201d and that now is the time for people to escape from \u201cthe Matrix\u201d system. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2020\/04\/28\/fact-check-lee-majors-leave-trump-campaign-six-million-will\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Did Actor Lee Majors Die And Leave The Trump Campaign $6 Million In His Will?)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There is, however, no evidence that Reeves made this statement. Check Your Fact found no <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=Keanu+Reeves+Trump++%22web+of+interconnected+manipulation.%22&amp;rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS820US820&amp;ei=UnkFYu0U_Zim1A_csYzwCA&amp;ved=0ahUKEwjthc6zgPb1AhV9jIkEHdwYA44Q4dUDCA4&amp;uact=5&amp;oq=Keanu+Reeves+Trump++%22web+of+interconnected+manipulation.%22&amp;gs_lcp=Cgdnd3Mtd2l6EANKBAhBGAFKBAhGGABQkwNYkwNgowVoAXAAeACAAXOIAXOSAQMwLjGYAQCgAQHAAQE&amp;sclient=gws-wiz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">credible news reports<\/a> to corroborate the statement\u2019s authenticity. Outlets including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=v1hJs49YDT8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Entertainment Weekly<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esquire.com\/entertainment\/movies\/a38241136\/keanu-reeves-interview-2021\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Esquire<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/culture\/movies\/it-s-a-film-we-could-use-right-about-now-keanu-reeves-returns-to-the-matrix-20211125-p59c24.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Sydney Morning Herald<\/a> interviewed Reeves about his role in \u201cThe Matrix Resurrections,\u201d but the remarks could not be found in any of those interviews. It is also absent from the movie\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/scrapsfromtheloft.com\/movies\/matrix-resurrections-transcript\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">transcript<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%22New%20World%20Order%22%20(from%3ATheMatrixMovie)&amp;src=typed_query\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">social media<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/page\/195843020454275\/search\/?q=New%20World%20Order\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">posts<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Reeves\u2019 publicist <a href=\"https:\/\/peopleenespanol.com\/article\/keanu-reeves-and-martha-higareda-item\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cheryl Maisel<\/a> told Check Your Fact in an email that he did not make the statement and added that \u201cMr. <span class=\"gmail-il\">Reeves<\/span>&nbsp;does not participate in any form of social media.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The actor has been falsely quoted on social media before. In February 2021, Check Your Fact <a href=\"https:\/\/checkyourfact.com\/2021\/02\/15\/fact-check-keanu-reeves-hollywood-elites-drink-baby-blood-high\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">corrected<\/a> a spurious rumor that alleged he said Hollywood elites use the \u201cblood of babies\u201d to get high.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A viral Facebook post claims actor Keanu Reeves made a lengthy statement alleging that \u201cpeople like Trump lift the veil\u201d to a \u201cweb of interconnected manipulation.\u201dVerdict: False There is no &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1289097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1289097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1289097"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1289097\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1289097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1289097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1289097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}