Brad Pitt Needs You-- Not!
I’m seeing a pattern here, for the last few years, every January, ‘d get sick. Whether during the first week, or second week, or third week or last week, I’d be sick with flu or something. Last Tuesday, I woke up with a fever, cough, headache and severe cold.
Three years ago, I thought I had COVID-19 and was sick for days, I just wasn’t able to confirm if I had the virus because I didn’t go to the hospital, and just self-medicated instead. I’m still alive, so I think I made the right decision that time.
Maybe, the
stress during the holidays is the culprit, which is quite perplexing because I don’t
have much activities every Christmas season. Unless, trying to shop for gifts
you don’t have any idea how you could hand over to the supposed recipient is
stressful. Lol. But yeah, it's quite stressful.
Anyway, it’s already Friday and I still don’t feel well. This morning, I was trying to relax by scrolling through Facebook, which was a mistake because I stumbled upon this viral article of a 53-year-old French woman (an article I thought was a satire at first) who lost her lifetime savings of $850,000 to scammers posing as Brad Pitt. The woman (who had just gone through a divorce before the scam) thought she really was communicating with Mr. Pitt, as he would send her photos (AI generated) of him while in a hospital. Yes, he was sick and needed some money as Angelina Jolie had snatched all his money with their divorce.
And yes, he was in love with her—and she believed him, although he had been avoiding a video call with her, which was already a gigantic red flag. According to Mr. Pitt, he was too busy to video call, although he had been relentlessly sending her photos of him, and he was very romantic and thoughtful. “I love the way he talked to me and how he wrote those words,” the woman said.
And yes, when he asked for money (a red flag bigger than Mount Fuji), she happily sent all her savings—and after that, Mr. Pitt disappeared on the face of the earth, together with his promise of paying her back.
My head ached more for her—and as if that wasn’t enough to give you the most aggressive migraine of all time if you’re an empath, I learned that just a few weeks before that incident, a 67-year old American woman was also victimized by a love scam—this time, the lover was Mr. John Wick himself, Keanu Reeves, who, strangely, was also in need of money. They communicated for around two years (no video call, yes), during which Keanu (one of the highest-paid actors in Hollywood, if not the highest) always asked for money.
Loneliness, especially one that is caused by a deep longing for love and for some romantic companionship (even just online), can really blur your mind.
Love scam, which victims are mostly middle-aged lonely women, is a billion-dollar industry.
I went out
of the house to buy stronger medicines--or maybe, I just could just chat a random woman, and tell them I'm Tom Cruise, currently in need of medicine money, because I had lost all my money on online gambling.
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