Cosmic Girls Fan Fools Entire Internet With A Joke That Went Viral
A Cosmic Girls fan fooled the internet with a joke about the Chinese Cosmic Girls members that unexpectedly went viral online. Twitter user Abby aka @merrymeiqi tweeted on April 27, "[BREAKING] Lesbian Chinese Billionaires, Meng Mei Qi and Wu Xuan Yi, marry. Making them the richest couple alive." The tweet was accompanied by a photo of Cosmic Girls members Meng Mei Qi and Wu Xuan Yi wearing glamorous long gowns that seem to look like wedding dresses.
The said tweet instantly became viral, being retweeted by non-Kpop fans who have no idea who the girls are. Unknowing Twitter users asked for further proof of the alleged lesbian couple, and fans of Cosmic Girls hilariously responded with screenshots of the MV for 'I Wish' citing it as a source.
Twitter users who weren't in on the joke said comments like "Things China did: THAT", and "Donald Trump's head will explode if he finds out" while sharing the photo of Cosmic Girls from the viral tweet.
Hundreds instantly believed the said tweet, including Disney Channel actress Debby Ryan, who also retweeted it on her account. Some are even commending China for such an amazing act. However, they were all but crushed and disappointed when they learned that none of it was true, and was only posted as a joke among Cosmic Girls fans.
Buzzfeed even caught wind of the online foolery. The website headlined the story with the title, 'The Story About A Chinese Lesbian Billionaire Couple Is Very, Very Fake'. When the jokester Abby Fry found out that her tweet blew up, the Cosmic Girls fanatic said she made up the joke because she thought it would amuse ujungs, Cosmic Girls' fan club, and never even thought that it would blow up into something viral.
The teenager further explained to Buzzfeed, "I thought they looked like they were at a wedding with the dresses they were wearing and the dresses sure looked expensive." Even after the tweet was proven to be fake and that Meng Mei Qi and Wu Xuan Yi were in fact NOT a lesbian couple, Cosmic Girls fans still took it as an opportunity to promote the girl group's MVs, songs, and albums.
