AI-Generated Pregnancy Claims: Nollywood’s Annabel Apara laments price of fame in deepfake era.
In both, Nollywood actress Annabel Apara appeared visibly pregnant, smiling, cradling a bump that never existed.
By Prisca Sam-Duru It started with pictures.
She was even seen purportedly sharing announcements and clips documenting a pregnancy journey.
“I’ve been seeing a lot of AI-generated pictures and videos of me being supposedly ‘pregnant,’ and that isn’t true,” Apara said, breaking her silence on the viral fabrication. For the fast-rising actress, who broke into Nollywood in 2024 and has been steadily building a name for herself, the experience was both bewildering and worrying. Across the world, actors, musicians and public figures are waking up to find their faces, voices and bodies cloned by artificial intelligence – used to sell products, endorse politicians, or, as in Apara’s case, manufacture a pregnancy announcement. But for young female celebrities in Nollywood, the violation feels more personal.
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