Morrissey Claims Imposters Posed as Him Online, Including One Tied to Ex-Smiths Member
Morrissey, despite headlining U.S. festivals, has faced career setbacks due to alleged political ties. He claims online activists, one linked to a former Smiths bandmate, created fake personas of him, impacting his public image.
While Morrissey is still popular enough to headline festivals in America, his career suffered in the past few years, largely thanks to evidence of his fucked-up political ties, such as the time that he wore a button supporting the right-wing extremist group For Britain while performing on The Tonight Show in 2019. Last year, though, Morrissey claimed that he was the victim of a "decades-long campaign of fraud, disinformation, and defamation" that aimed to tie him to far-right politics. Now, Morrissey claims that he has identified nine people who have posed as him online, including one with ties to one of Morrissey's former bandmates in the Smiths.
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_Originally reported by [Stereogum](https://stereogum.com/2502134/morrissey-says-political-activists-have-been-posing-as-him-online-including-one-linked-to-former-smiths-bandmate/music/)._
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