For instance, one such rumor alleged that Manning once accompanied a teenage girl with cancer to her prom. In reality, no such event took place. In another example, social media users falsely claimed Manning gifted a minivan to a mom who was walking her son to football practice every day.
These stories, though heartwarming, are part of an internet phenomenon in which fabricated narratives use celebrities' names to generate clicks. In many cases, the false stories use generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools, which can produce realistic images, videos or text to make the stories appear credible.
Here are nine fictional stories involving Manning that Snopes has investigated:
