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Daily Record
3 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Record
Virgin River's Alexandra Breckenridge left 'baffled' as she issues stern warning to fans
Virgin River star Alexandra Breckenridge has been left 'baffled' after falling victim to a deepfake scam on social media Alexandra Breckenridge, famed for her role in the popular Netflix series Virgin River, has recently had to address another fraudulent social media scheme involving the show's main actors. Her colleague Martin Henderson has also found himself having to alert fans about fake Instagram profiles pretending to be him. Breckenridge took to her Instagram Stories this week to share a warning from a fan who noticed an AI-generated video using the actress' image. The deceptive video was apparently prompting viewers to sign into a Telegram account to get in touch with Henderson, and the fan encouraged others to report the bogus profile. "This video was created be AI. Don't be fooled!" the original message warned. "Alex will NEVER promote Martin's account", reports the Mirror US. "Martin only has one Instagram account. He will never contact his fans on any social media platform." An image from a 2023 video featuring Breckenridge was also shared, highlighting the source material used for the deepfake creation. Reacting to the scam, Breckenridge added her own words: "Wow, that's a trip. That's not me at all." She then uploaded a selfie showing her confusion and humorously commented on the deepfake's unexplained Australian twang. "That was my response to that, that's not me," she informed her 1.3 million followers. "I don't have an accent, as such. I am an American, I speak in an American accent. "Which could be anything from, like, Valley Girl, to, like, New York, I could be from Brooklyn? I could live down South." Watch Stranger Things on Netflix for free with Sky from £15 Sky Get the deal here Product Description Breckenridge adopted the tone of a motherly Southern woman, injecting humour into her response to the peculiar social media hoax. "There's so many accents in the US," she continued. "But this is how I sound, which is, I guess, just like a pretty normal American accent. Not me, AI! That was AI." Her video surfaced shortly after Henderson had to issue an alert to his followers about an imposter on social media who conned a fan out of a staggering $375,000 (£276,000). Fans can rest assured that they'll soon reconnect with the authentic celebrities, as Breckenridge and Henderson have wrapped up shooting their seventh season as Mel Monroe and Jack Sheridan, anticipated to be released later this year.
Daily Mirror
3 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
Virgin River's Alexandra Breckenridge forced to issue warning as she's left 'baffled'
Virgin River star Alexandra Breckenridge has been left reeling after coming face-to-face with a deepfake video of herself Virgin River actress Alexandra Breckenridge has been compelled to address another social media fraud targeting the stars of the popular Netflix drama. Her fellow cast member Martin Henderson has likewise found himself issuing alerts to supporters who might have fallen victim to fake Instagram profiles. Sharing on her Stories recently, Breckenridge reshared a warning from a follower who had discovered an artificial intelligence-generated clip featuring the star's appearance. The concerned fan revealed the fraudulent footage was prompting viewers to access a Telegram profile to reach Henderson, whilst encouraging others to flag the bogus account. The alert stated: "This video was created be AI. Don't be fooled!" adding "Alex will NEVER promote Martin's account.", reports the Mirror US. It continued: "Martin only has one Instagram account. He will never contact his fans on any social media platform." The warning also featured a screenshot from the authentic 2023 footage of Breckenridge that had been manipulated to create the counterfeit content. Responding to the alert, the actress added her own commentary: "Wow, that's a trip. That's not me at all." She subsequently shared a bewildered-looking selfie before delivering a wry comeback, highlighting the fake video's puzzling Australian pronunciation. Addressing her 1.3 million followers, she declared: "That was my response to that, that's not me. "I don't have an accent, as such. I am an American, I speak in an American accent. "Which could be anything from, like, Valley Girl, to, like, New York, I could be from Brooklyn? I could live down South." Watch Stranger Things on Netflix for free with Sky from £15 Sky Get the deal here Product Description Breckenridge humorously adopted the tone of a Southern belle to address a bizarre social media scam, taking it all in good fun. "There's so many accents in the US," she quipped. "But this is how I sound, which is, I guess, just like a pretty normal American accent. Not me, AI! That was AI." Her lighthearted video follows a similar incident involving Henderson, who had to warn fans about an impersonator after one fan was conned out of $375,000 (£276,000). Fans can rest assured they'll soon see the genuine Breckenridge and Henderson, as the duo have wrapped up filming for their seventh season as Mel Monroe and Jack Sheridan, set to release later in the year. Virgin River is available to stream on Netflix.
NZ Herald
11 hours ago
- Sport
- NZ Herald
Shearing: Northland's Toa Henderson wins Royal Welsh Open title, but Kiwis lose the test
Sixth was a third New Zealand shearer, Matt Smith, from Northland and Hawke's Bay. Smith is farming in Cornwall and is set to represent England in the world championships in Masterton next March. However, the tactic of trying to blow the Welsh away with speed in a test match soon afterwards fell short of the ultimate goal. Despite Fagan claiming the time honours in a close battle, the Kiwis were beaten by the World Championships-bound new Welsh team of Evans and Llyr Jones. With barely five seconds separating Fagan, Evans and Henderson at the end of another 20-lambs shear, the Welsh quality carried the day, for a win by 6.4 points. This brings the Welsh team to a 2-0 lead in an annual series last won by a New Zealand team in Wales six years ago, although Wales have not won a series in New Zealand. But the margin was inflated by a five-point penalty against Henderson for a single cut on his last lamb. The Kiwis had got off to a great start in the all-nations heats of 69 shearers, mainly from Wales. Fagan headed the 24 qualifiers for the quarter-finals, with Henderson in sixth place. Team manager Neil Fagan, a former senior title winner in Wales and on his first visit in 22 years, said that without the blemish, New Zealand would have gone close to winning the test. Read more shearing and woolhandling stories here. He was looking forward to the black singlets dominating on Saturday at the Corwen Shears, where Fagan will be again defending an all-nations title. Henderson won the recent French Open but failed to qualify for the Cothi Shears open final in Wales last Saturday. He told the crowd it felt 'pretty good' to make the final after missing out in Cothi, and he was rapt to win at the Royal Welsh in his first tour in the UK. It was the 50th anniversary Royal Welsh Championship. Henderson's father, Mike Henderson, was in the crowd, and it was his wife Phoebe Henderson's birthday. 'I did it for us,' Toa Henderson said, as he raised the Godfrey Bowen Memorial Trophy. It was also a big day for Llyr Jones, who shears in New Zealand for Wairarapa contractors Abraham Shearing. He won the Champion Shearer of Wales final and claimed a place in the Wales World Championships team for the first time. Evans claimed his place in the team for the March 4-7 championships in Masterton by winning the Welsh Shearing Circuit final. The 2019 world champion, Welshman Richard Jones, who, with Evans, won the team title in Scotland two years ago, reached both finals today, but missed selection in the team. Amid the fever-pitch passion of the Welsh setting at Llanelwedd, near Builth Wells, in Powys, Mid Wales, the test match was introduced by a Welshman singing the New Zealand anthem in Māori and English. This was followed by the haka Ka Mate, with more than 20 answering the near-royal command call to put up the challenge in front of at least 2000 spectators. Results International (20 lambs): Wales 97.35pts (Gwion Lloyd Evans 12m, 47.5pts; Llyr Jones 13m 4s, 50.2pts) New Zealand 103.75pts (Jack Fagan 11.56s, 49.2pts; Toa Henderson 12m 1s, 54.55pts). Wales won by 6.4 points and lead the series 2-0. The last test is at the Corwen Shears on Saturday. Royal Welsh All-Nations Open final (20 lambs): Toa Henderson (New Zealand) 12m 38s, 44.7pts, 1; Gwion Lloyd Evans (Wales) 13m 23s, 47pts, 2; Jack Fagan (New Zealand) 13.m 8s, 47.15pts, 3; Gareth Daniel (Wales) 13m 55s, 49.35psts, 4; Richard Jones (Wales) 14m 7s, 49.8pts, 5; Matt Smith (New Zealand/England) 13m 33s, 50.3pts, 6.
Scoop
14 hours ago
- Sport
- Scoop
Toa Henderson Takes Royal Welsh Open Shearing Title, But Kiwis Lose Test In The Unindest Cut Of All
Northland shearer Toa Henderson has scored a big win in claiming the Royal Welsh Show All-Nations title as he and Wools of New Zealand team 'master-blaster' Jack Fagan, of Te Kuiti, did their best to slam the Welsh on their home stage today. Henderson, who won the Golden Shears and New Zealand Open championships' double in March, and has won all three events to date in a 2026 World championships New Zealand team selection series, blasted through the 20 welsh speckle lambs in under 12m 38s minutes to be first off the board in the six-man final, the time and quality points giving him a comfortable win by 2.3pts over Welsh shearer and reigning World champion Gwion Lloyd Evans, who shore the 20 in 13m 23s. Defending champion Fagan was third, just 0.15pts further back, in his bid to win the title for a third time, while sixth was a third New Zealand shearer, in Matt Smith, from Northland and Hawke's Bay but farming in Cornwall and set to represent England in the World championships in Masterton next March. But the tactic of trying to blow the Welsh away with speed in a test match soon afterwards fell short of the ultimate goal when, despite Fagan claiming the time honours in a close battle, the Kiwis were beaten by the World Championships bound new Welsh team of Evans and Llyr Jones. With barely five seconds separating Fagan, Evans and Henderson at the end of another 20-lambs shear, the Welsh quality carried the day, for a win by 6.4pts, and a 2-0 lead in an annual series last won by a New Zealand team in Wales six years ago, although Wales have not won a series in New Zealand. But the margin was inflated by a five-points penalty against Henderson for a single cut on his last lamb. The Kiwis had got off to a great start in the all-nations heats, of 69 shearers, mainly from Wales. Fagan headed the 24 qualifiers for the quarterfinals, with Henderson in sixth place Team manager Neil Fagan, a former senior title in Wales and on his first visit to the show in 22 years, said that without the blemish New Zealand would have gone close to winning the test, and he was looking forward to the black singlets dominating on Saturday at the Corwen Shears, where Fagan will be again defending an all-nations title. Henderson, who won the recent French Open but failed to qualify for the Cothi Shears Open final in Wales last Saturday, told the crowd it felt 'pretty good' to make the final after missing out in Cothi, and he was rapt to win at the Royal Welsh in his first tour in the UK. It was the 50th anniversary Royal Welsh championship, father Mike was in the crowd, and it was wife Phoebe's birthday. 'I did it for us,' he said, as he raised the Godfrey Bowen Memorial Trophy. It was a big day for Llyr Jones, who shears in New Zealand mainly for Wairarapa contractors Abraham Shearing, and who, in winning the Champion Shearer of Wales final claimed a place in the Wales World championships team for the first time. Evans claimed his place in the team for the March 4-7 championships in Masterton by winning the Welsh Shearing Circuit final. The 2019 World champion, Welshman Richard Jones, who with Evans won the teams title in Scotland two years ago, reached both finals today, but missed selection in the team. Amid the fever-pitch passion of the Welsh setting at Llanelwedd, near Builth Wells, in Powys, Mid Wales, the test match was introduced by a Welshman singing the New Zealand anthem in Māori and English, followed by haka Ka Mate with more than 20 answering the near Royal Command call to put up the challenge in front of at least 2000 spectators. Results: International (20 lambs): Wales 97.35pts (Gwion Lloyd Evans 12m, 47.5pts; Llyr Jones 13m 4s, 50.2pts) New Zealand 103.75pts Jack Fagan 11.56s, 49.2pts; Toa Henderson 12m 1s, 54.55pts).. Wales won by 6.4pts, and lead the series 2-0. The last test is at the Corwen Shears on Saturday. Royal Welsh All-Nations Open final (20 lambs): Toa Henderson (New Zealand) 12m 38s, 44.7pts, 1; Gwion Lloyd Evans (Wales) 13m 23s, 47pts, 2; Jack Fagan (New Zealand) 13.m 8s, 47.15pts, 3; Gareth Daniel (Wales) 13m 55s, 49.35psts, 4; Richard Jones (Wales) 14m 7s, 49.8pts, 5; Matt Smith (New Zealand/England) 13m 33s, 50.3pts, 6.
Leader Live
a day ago
- Health
- Leader Live
Ella Henderson shares endometriosis diagnosis in bid to ‘spread awareness'
The 29-year old, who found fame on the TV singing competition, The X Factor, in 2012, said that she was diagnosed in January after a laparoscopy revealed 'severe endometriosis' behind her uterus and scar tissue affecting her bladder and bowel. According to the NHS website, endometriosis is caused when cells similar to those in the lining of the womb (uterus) grow in other parts of the body. A post shared by ELLA HENDERSON (@ellahendersonofficial) In a statement shared on her Instagram account on Wednesday, Henderson said she wants others suffering with the condition to know they are not alone. She said: 'After years of struggling with confusing and challenging health problems including stomach bloating, bowel pain and heavy periods, plus countless GP appointments leading to scans, tests and the feeling that maybe the pain was all in my head, I was officially diagnosed with endometriosis in January this year. 'My long journey to an endometriosis diagnosis is not unique. It takes on average up to nine years in the UK, which for many like me, can put an immense mental and physical toll on you. 'Living in chronic pain, not being believed, and constant misdiagnosis led to periods of depression, isolation and anxiety. If health practitioners had recognised my endometriosis symptoms sooner, I might have been spared all that.' Despite there not being a cure for endometriosis, there are treatments available that can help manage the pain including surgery which Henderson said had helped to 'significantly' reduce symptoms. She has since partnered with the charity, Endometriosis UK, to help raise awareness about the condition. She added: 'I don't want future generations of women to go through what I did. I know that my situation isn't unique, and too many women unnecessarily suffer with undiagnosed endometriosis for far too long. 'My hope is to be a voice for those still searching for answers and show those living with endometriosis that they're not alone. 'I want anyone living with this condition to feel a sense of empowerment and be enabled to take back control of their lives by knowing what is actually going on with their bodies. 'I believe it is so important that we begin to have more open conversations about menstrual health and endometriosis. 'Spreading awareness and knowledge by having wider discussions on the matter is key. 'The only way we can feel more comfortable and in control is by sharing our own experiences.' The Lincolnshire-born singer finished sixth on The X Factor where she went on to release her debut single Ghost which reached number one in the UK singles charts before releasing her debut studio album Chapter One.
