Did a vlogger have a video camera surgically put into his arm? Fact Check

Rumours online claim that a popular YouTube blogger had a video camera surgically placed into his forearm. The same rumour also claims that another online personality had an auto-tune system placed into his arm.

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In a recent social media upload, blogger Jake Paul announced to his millions of subscribers that he was getting a video camera inserted into his arm. His announcement also drew attention to a rapper identified as “Nessly” who allegedly had surgery to add an auto tune system into his forearm.

Of course, both claims are complete nonsense.

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Firstly, in a video announcing Paul’s proposed surgery, Nessly appears on screen after having his own “auto tune” surgery completed. However as Nessly appears on screen, the auto tune system is not present, and only appears after the screen cuts back to him, demonstrating that it is added using video effects. See below.

Another video error is evident when Paul is allegedly using his implanted video camera to record his first video. Paul apparently misses the fact that it his phone that’s clearly visible in the reflection of his glasses. (Below.)

Of course there are other plenty of sure fire giveaways, such as terrible video effects, worse sound effects, convenient camera angles and the obvious fact that such surgery (either the video camera on Jake Paul or the auto tune surgery on Nessly) is obviously not possible. (In the case of Nessly’s “auto-tuned voice”, he has clearly had cheap voice effects added to his voice post-production.)

But another clear signal that this is merely just a prank that Paul is playing on his followers is that he identifies the doctor who performed the alleged surgery as Dr. Gabe Rosenthal Phd. A Phd is most definitely the wrong type of doctorate you would want someone to have when performing a medical surgery, and a simple Google search reveals that Dr. Gabe Rosenthal is actually a cosmetic dentist, which naturally explains why Paul was sat in what is very clearly a dentist’s chair when having “surgery” instead of a surgical theater.

It’s fake.