
The internet embraced the rumour with the enthusiasm of a conspiracy theorist who has finally found vindication. A blurry video emerged from a Milan nightclub last Saturday, purporting to show The Hunger Games actor Tom Blyth and Heated Rivalry star Hudson Williams engaged in an unmistakably passionate embrace whilst Miley Cyrus' 'Party in the U.S.A.' played in the background. Within hours, nearly eight million people had watched it.
Seventeen thousand saved it for posterity. The internet, as is its custom, collectively decided that this was absolutely real—despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary. The problem was that none of it happened.