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Lakers fans were worried. Vivian, the super fan they knew from Twitter, was missing somewhere in Los Angeles and nobody had a lead on her whereabouts. To make matters worse nobody knew what her hair currently looked like, a product of a wig she was likely wearing due to her leukemia treatment. Some searched the streets, others amplified the message to find her, even Markieff Morris of the Lakers tweeted out info, trying to assist in the search.
Hours later, news emerged that she’d been found. There was a collective sigh of relief, but while exhaling people started questioning about what happened. Questions became doubts, an investigation, and now the entire fanbase is convinced they’ve been catfished by a man pretending to be Vivian, and potentially aided by a podcaster trying to make a name for himself.