Avril Lavigne has been trending all weekend – and for the strangest reason.
The Canadian pop star, who became huge in the 2000s, is facing a rumour that she actually died back in 2003 (yes, seriously).
A dedicated fan has created a theory that the Sk8er Boi singer actually killed herself back in 2003, and a look-a-like called Melissa has been pretending to be her ever since.
So far, the thread on Twitter, created by user @givenchyass, has already had 54,000 retweets.
You have to read it to believe it:
avril lavigne is dead & was replaced by a look alike: a conspiracy theory thread pic.twitter.com/9eearQ2rte
— ? (@givenchyass) May 13, 2017
here's a video I made comparing an avril song from 2002 to an avril song from 2014 pic.twitter.com/1KFZJ8cHnD
— ? (@givenchyass) May 13, 2017
she was born in ontario, canada in 1984 and her first album "let go" was released in 2002 when she was 18
— ? (@givenchyass) May 13, 2017
up until this point she was so used to being able to live a normal life and now that she was famous, she couldn't handle the paparazzi
— ? (@givenchyass) May 13, 2017
so she decided to hire a look alike to walk around LA for her and pose for the paparazzi (avril on the left, look alike on the right) pic.twitter.com/wNSrDVh09i
— ? (@givenchyass) May 13, 2017
her name is melissa vandella and they quickly became bestfriends
— ? (@givenchyass) May 13, 2017
an unknown source says that melissa and avril were in the studio one day hanging out and they thought it would be funny to teach melissa
— ? (@givenchyass) May 13, 2017
how to sing and sound like avril (this wasn't proven but it was tipped to an unknown source)
— ? (@givenchyass) May 13, 2017
so moving on to 2003, melissa was still working for avril and avril was about to start working on her next album
— ? (@givenchyass) May 13, 2017
tragically, avril's grandfather passed away and it hurt her so much. he was her bestfriend and her biggest supporter
— ? (@givenchyass) May 13, 2017
she basically lost it. she was so distraught, crying on stage and in interviews. she would lock herself in her apartment and write for weeks
— ? (@givenchyass) May 13, 2017
she recorded those songs, having to frequently take breaks in between sessions to cry and calm down. she was absolutely heartbroken
— ? (@givenchyass) May 13, 2017
other sources even said she threatened to kill herself and tried to attempt several times because she felt she couldn't go on without him
— ? (@givenchyass) May 13, 2017
and the next part of this theory is that she actually succeeded. it is said avril hung herself in late 2003
— ? (@givenchyass) May 13, 2017
she was at the peak of her career, so it is said that instead of letting the news of her dying go into the media, they used her look alike
— ? (@givenchyass) May 13, 2017
to live on the rest of "avril lavigne's" life as her. they already had avril's recordings of her second album so they decided to release it
— ? (@givenchyass) May 13, 2017
her second album was released, and it was actually avril's voice so they didn't worry about melissa having to sing jsut yet
— ? (@givenchyass) May 13, 2017
then all of a sudden in 2007, "avril" (melissa) released the best damn thing and she had a new look and a new style (avril 2004, avril 2007) pic.twitter.com/CuWn8YcNke
— ? (@givenchyass) May 13, 2017
here's a video I made comparing a song from the "real avril's" last album to girlfriend from her 2007 album pic.twitter.com/u7ymrtHuJl
— ? (@givenchyass) May 13, 2017
and a lot of avril's birthmarks she had before are gone. and she also has a same tattoo that melissa has ..
— ? (@givenchyass) May 13, 2017
and once this theory was brought to her attention in an interview and she was very shaky and nervous in her interview, she was trying to
— ? (@givenchyass) May 13, 2017
play it off as a joke and saying things like "well I'm here so that's not true" and all of that and then she performed after the interview
— ? (@givenchyass) May 13, 2017
and she was stumbling on and off stage and messing up words.
— ? (@givenchyass) May 13, 2017
like I'm not saying that avril is dead but
— ? (@givenchyass) May 13, 2017
avril is dead
— ? (@givenchyass) May 13, 2017
The user ended the thread by saying: “I’m not saying Avril is dead but…Avril is dead.”
But the most bizarre part of this entire drama, is that some people are actually starting to believe the theory.
Take a look at how Twitter users reacted to thread:
Me: Conspiracy theories are stupid
Twitter: avril lavigne is dead & was replaced by a look alike
Me: pic.twitter.com/u3DYXdV7Nr— Jack Mull (@J4CKMULL) May 14, 2017
Me: I don't believe in conspiracy theories
Random thread on Twitter: Avril Lavigne died and was replaced with a clone
Me: pic.twitter.com/2sDBXLGtAQ
— ã…¤ (@nospraytans) May 14, 2017
me: Conspiracy theories are dumb. People are gullible & weak-minded#NotMyAvril thread: Avril Lavigne is dead & was replaced by a clone
me: pic.twitter.com/CiiU2NYRLM— Bianca (@bangellbro) May 14, 2017
me: conspiracy theories are dumb & i don't believe in any of them.
twitter: Avril Lavigne died years ago and was replaced by a clone
me: pic.twitter.com/WUMA9hUYcQ
— reggie (@1942bs) May 14, 2017
The comments on Avril Lavigne's IG, IM SCREAMING #notmyavril pic.twitter.com/Tz4FN6gpMe
— carol îmwe (@carxlinv) May 14, 2017
It’s safe to say Avril is alive and well, but this was a bit of a distraction on a Sunday wasn’t it?
