Overview

• Snopes, Lead Stories and Lifehacker have all refuted claims that the series foresaw the kiss-cam incident involving Astronomer CEO Andy Byron and Kristin Cabot.
• Fact-checkers reviewed the cited Season 26 and Season 17 episodes and found no scenes matching the alleged Coldplay concert affair.
• Hive Moderation’s AI-detection tools flagged the circulating screenshot as 99.9% likely to be digitally fabricated.
• Showrunner Al Jean reiterated that The Simpsons is satire, not prophecy, and described any similarities as purely coincidental.
• Experts warn that generative AI and rapid social-media sharing are driving a surge in false ‘Simpsons prediction’ memes.