words are real birds are real welcome to watch Mojo and today we're counting down our picks for the top 10 most popular conspiracy theories of 2022. they have it now and who are they exactly who else major league baseball for this list we'll be looking at the most intriguing speculations that dominated pop culture in 2022 so is the truth out there let us know what you think in the comments below number 10. the illiteracy allegations can Leah Michelle read what started as an inside joke between Glee fans eventually caught fire outside the Gleek community and the Emmy goes too Don Roy King [Applause] content creators started posting long-form videos using dubiously edited footage to add credibility to their stories allegedly the funny girl was too busy being a successful Broadway star and never actually learned how to read some folks pushed back on the theory by pointing out that actors do need to read and memorize their lines I've been taking herbal anti-anxiety pills and reading the unauthorized biography of Britney Spears to stay calm but according to the theorists Leah was either fed her lines via an earpiece or had them read to her beforehand so that she could memorize them when someone also pointed out that one of her published Works was half picture book and half Journal it didn't immensely help Michelle's case Leah shut down the rumors and at one point even felt comfortable joking about them hey how is that it's amazing but wait can you talk for a sec number nine Avril Lavigne's doppelganger in 2022 Avril Lavigne saw something of a comeback with an album release and an engagement she's been in the public eye more often than usual [Music] and yet despite this there's a conspiracy theory about her that rears its head in the pop culture Zeitgeist every few years and it all started with a Brazilian fan blog while the exact year of the rumors Origins has been placed as early as 2005 2011 is the most accepted or at least reported year the Avril Lavigne replacement conspiracy theory posits that the Avril we know today is actually a body double or look-alike named Melissa that's because the real Avril passed away in 2003 and her record label hired someone to carry on the punk pop star's career she couldn't handle being famous so the record label decided to remove Avril and have this new girl step in in 2005.
if that wasn't spooky enough her lyrics are supposedly Laden with coded messages that cry for help [Music] despite the original blogger stating that the claims were false in 2015 the theory gained American popularity in the mid-2010s and Levine was once again asked about it in 2022 number eight are birds real it never stood out to make an actual conspiracy theory it's a bird it's a drone maybe it's both according to the birds aren't real movement birds are government drones used to spy on U. S citizens Burns sit on power lines we believe there charging on power lines we believe that bird poop on cars is you know a liquid tracking apparatus between 1959 and 1971 the federal government killed all birds and replaced them with disguised drones I was part of a movement that believes that every single bird in the skies is a robot this all sounds like something straight out of a Monty Python sketch but don't worry The Originators of this Theory and many of its supporters are actually in on the joke say I don't trust the bird media while it was created in 2017 this satirical conspiracy theory heavily spread throughout the internet in 2022 its real purpose was eventually revealed to be to highlight how misinformation can spread like wildfire like having an idea like that about these you know Elites or these villains like totally consume their personality in their life and their families and their jobs and everything there are even been protests organized to playfully mock the idea seriously there might be one happening in your city right now number 7. Doja cat's Illuminati party good evening password past decades have often seen young pop stars accused of joining forces with the enigmatic Illuminati some call it a rite of passage I did watch um Stuart Little um today most have succeeded in ignoring these accusations altogether in the case of Doja cat these rumors are the perfect tool for media fodder the rapper threw a birthday party seemingly inspired by Stanley Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut conspiracy theories ran amok when media from Doge's Party Hit the internet even her birthday cake was donned with gold occult imagery as a true child of the internet Doja never misses an opportunity to poke fun at something like this another thing was that Illuminati Illuminati aluminum or perhaps that's exactly what they want us to think number six the undercover lawyer from the O.
J Simpson trial to the free Brittany campaign Hollywood legal drama has always been subject to surreal speculation the defamation trial between Amber Heard and her ex-husband Johnny Depp had one of the most anticipated verdicts of 2022 thanks to a viral Tick Tock it has been suspected that Amber heard's lawyer is a secret Johnny Depp fan oh my God as Depp takes a stroll in front of his fans the theorist focuses on someone in the background the person in question does bear a striking resemblance to a member of herd's legal counsel Elaine bretahaft as the theory goes she embedded herself in her legal team and sabotaged her's case from the inside crazed Fanatics have done a lot for their Idols but if this were true the Mist Takes the Cake especially considering that bredehoff stepped down down from heard's Team after the trial ended I don't know I this can't be just coincidence number five Beyonce and the Apocalypse Beyonce Giselle Knowles Carter has had popular culture in a Chokehold ever since her debut with Destiny's Child but with great power comes unhinged conspiracy theories linking you to demonic forces in 2022 B released her seventh studio album to wide critical and Commercial acclaim [Music] the cover of Renaissance features a barely clothed bee atop a silvery outline of a horse this inspired a tick-tocker to theorize that Beyonce is projecting subliminal images referring to the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse so let's go for Revelation 6 and 4 together and there were not another horse that was red and power was given to him that sat there on to take peace from the Earth ever since hitting super stardom there have been several conspiracy videos dissecting supposedly ominous messages hidden in Beyonce's body of work and this certainly wasn't the first conspiracy theory people have tried to Linker to the Illuminati anyone yeah it is Illuminati mess number four the monkey pox vaccine the impact covid-19 had on the health of billions of people cannot be ignored the global event also affected several folks ability to accept the authority of medical professionals in 2022 the world economic Forum introduced the idea of the great reset it was meant to give guidance on how to shape global economic recovery from the pandemic changing our current trajectory will require bold and imaginative action but the lack of clarity in the details gave room to conspiracy theorists to fill in the gaps themselves such as that all measures and restrictions put in place weren't for people's health and safety but rather to orchestrate Financial collapse and a change in government then in 2022 a monkey pox outbreak hit the scene she's 22 years old and what she has is an active case of monkey pox conspiracy theorists online claims that the covid-19 vaccine was a tool for the global Elites to somehow Advance their plans of world domination falsely connecting where it was administered to the proliferation of monkey pox number three the slap herd rounds the world the Academy Awards is widely regarded as the most esteemed recognition of cinematic talent in the world but at the 2022 Oscars Will Smith walked on stage to slap Chris Rock in the face according to a journalist with shaky credibility the slap was eerily timed during the ongoing conflict in Eastern Europe could this be a method to distract the American people from the Ukrainian War if so the fresh prince was not successful that's not all there's also speculation that the infamous slap was a ruse to increase the program's ratings admittedly this theory is a little more plausible televised Awards shows have been waning in popularity in recent years at any point we'll be watching the next Academy Awards with baited breath no you won't number two voter fraud post-trump America has been a hotbed of false claims to uncover the true motives of what's known as the Deep State the Deep state is trying to control the people they control the banking they control the countries they control the Vatican for the uninitiated the Deep State refers to the alleged influential figures that covertly manipulate government policy Donald Trump has spent the aftermath of his presidency circulating false claims of voter fraud if you count the illegal votes they can try to steal the election from us during the 2022 midterms he put forth the idea to his followers on Truth social that the same fraud was happening yet again he was likely referring to the malfunctioning ballot boxes but that does not mean dubious work is a play theories like this do more than put fact-checking algorithms through unbearable stress they make it difficult for voters to make well-informed decisions let's count every legally cast vote and obey the will of the American people before we continue be sure to subscribe to our Channel and ring the bell to get notified about our latest videos you have the option to be notified for occasional videos or all of them if you're on your phone make sure you go into your settings and switch on notifications number one long live the queen Queen Elizabeth II reigned over her subjects for 70 years she lived to see the first moon landing the birth of the internet and benefit 2. 0 when she tragically passed away in 2022 it seems that the UK was at a standstill and the world paid its respects however conspiracy blogs suggested that the queen had died months prior and was replaced by a hologram right and I'm the Queen of England the Q Anon Community also threw their tinfoil hat into the ring with a ham-fisted point the date of the Queen's passing was 1776 days since Q Anon first appeared why does that matter well aside from coincidentally matching the year the U.
