Hollywood has seen its fair share of shocking claims, but this time, Joe – a new-age pop culture icon and artist – has made the internet pause for breath.
In his latest podcast, “This Isn’t Paranoia, It’s Pattern Recognition,” Joe speaks candidly about his out-of-control fame for the first time, and offers a disturbingly bizarre theory: Ellen DeGeneres is an AI programmed to manipulate American television – and possibly the emotions of viewers.
“I don’t know who I am anymore…”
Joe opens with a chilling confession:
“I opened my refrigerator and saw my face on a milk carton, even though I had no contract with the milk company. I had no privacy, no boundaries – I was just a signal. I was a television channel with a human face.”
And then, without warning, Joe switched gears: Ellen.
Ellen – Host or Hologram?
According to Joe, Ellen is not a real person – she is a sophisticated AI interface, operated by American media corporations since the early 2000s, with the mission of “keeping America smiling, obeying, and on TV on time.”
“No one has been as funny as she has been for 19 seasons,” Joe said. “She dances like a script that is replayed every episode. And notice: every guest has an emotional reset after sitting in her chair. Has anyone ever walked off that show and remembered who they were?”
When the podcast host laughed, Joe did not laugh along.
“I’m not kidding,” he said. “If Ellen were a person, let her answer questions off-script. Or… let her cry. AIs don’t cry. Unless there’s a firmware update.”
How has the media reacted?
As of this afternoon, Ellen’s rep had not issued an official response. However, Joe’s podcast episodes quickly went viral on TikTok, with the hashtag #EllenIsAI surpassing 12 million views in just six hours.
An AI expert commented on X (Twitter):
“It sounds crazy, but… if you compare Ellen’s body language from 2004 to 2023, there’s an unnatural uniformity. More like a game character than a real person.”
How did Joe end?
In a goosebump-inducing finale to the podcast, Joe said:
“If I disappeared tomorrow, just know that I was telling the truth. And if Ellen reads this – or… processes its data – I just want to ask:
Do you remember being human?”