Claim:
The former NFL quarter-back, Peyton Manning, left a gala in a tuxedo to sit on the floor with a 9-year-old crying boy named Dylan.
Notation:
Note: False
A rumor that users circulated online in May 2025 told the story of the most useful player in the NFL, Peyton Manning, leaving a black tie charity gala to sit on the ground and comfort a 9 -year -old boy who cries named Dylan.
For example, May 1, a user managing the Magic Clement Facebook page poster (archive) History, receiving more than 343,000 reactions, 16,000 comments and 29,000 shares. The post has shown a photo of Manning, which retired From the NFL in 2016, sitting on the ground with a crying boy. The story began: “Peyton Manning left a gala in a tuxedo – just to sit on the floor with a kid crying in the corridor.”
(Magic Clement / Facebook)
Users on Facebook,, Instagram And X shared the same story. A LinkedIn user job (archive) has received more than 3,000 reactions.
In history, the organizers of a black tie charity event invite Manning to speak as a guest of honor in a gala Ritzy to which wealthy people have attended. Manning leaves the ballroom and in a corridor to comfort a 9 -year -old boy who is crying named Dylan, who was responsible for presenting Manning. Manning said to him: “These are not perfect words. It is heart. And I heard you have a big one.” He then gives Dylan his tie, saying: “Wear this for luck. It was on good steps.”
At the end of the story, Manning dit de Dylan: “I thought I was the guest of honor. But I think we just found the real night star.” Dylan then said: “Peyton sat on the ground with me – when no one else would.”
Although it is possible, Manning – or anyone, moreover – has, in the past, comforted an emotional child, this specific story has shown several flagrant signs of inauthenticity.
Namely, a review of recent articles on Magic Clement's Facebook page has at least found tens, even hundreds, stories invented about the heroism and kindness of Manning, not to mention an apparent abundance of free time. A majority of articles – including the history in question – have displayed false photos that someone has generated with one or more artificial intelligence tools (IA). In addition, the research of Bing,, DuckDuckGo,, Google And Yahoo No information report covering the alleged act of kindness.
In other words, the rumor on the comfort of a child named Dylan during a gala was false.
Snopes contacted a spokesperson for the official Manning website, Peytonmanning.comas well as WME agents listed on IMDB Pro As representatives, but we had not received any answers at the time of publication. A manager of the Magic Clement page has not yet answered questions to find out if they use generative AI tools to write their stories, in addition to creating false photos with the tools.
Examine the false rumor of Manning
SNOPES has established several data points to conclude with a false note to verify the facts. Two of these points concerned Magic Clement's Facebook page, the apparently endless wall of stories invented on Manning, as well as the images generated by AIA accompanying messages.
For example, the old magic articles Clement presented invented stories of Manning Leave a gala to encourage a 22 -year -old man to never give up,, Save a dog lost in the rain,, Help an elderly woman with grocery stores in the rain And Walk in the rain to deliver a medal to a mourning veteran. Other fictitious stories alleged by Manning have comforted a Teenager who cries for a bus stopA Janitor crying at an airportA Boy intimidated at homeA Cry a boy in a cemeteryA Woman crying outside a neonatal intensive care unit (Usin) And many others.
These stories all looked a lot glurgewhich Dictionary.com define Like “stories, often sent by e-mail, which are supposed to be true and edifying, but which are often made and sentimental”.
The AI image detector Viewfinder noted that the photo of Manning and Dylan was probably the product of the AI software, even if it has displayed no evidence Generative AI signs like the missing letters And illegible words Found in other images organized by Magic Clement. However, the abnormally soft appearance of the image provided a large index – an index visible to those trained to locate AI but perhaps not others.
The low -angle perspective of the supposed photographer also aroused the question of why someone would photograph a child crying on the ground, instead of helping him or simply giving the person a space. A Reverse image search Located no credible result for a photographer or an image license company hosting the photo.
For more in -depth reading, checks of previous facts examined the assertions by which Manning Calm of a crying baby on a long flight, as well as a story saying that it Gifted a mini-duties to a mother.
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“Glurge.” Dictionary.com,, https://www.dictionary.com/browse/glurge.
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Legwold, Jeff. “Manning response from tears:” I worship football. “” Espn.comMarch 7, 2016, https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/14921369/emational-peyton-manningo-officiel-announs-retiment-18-seasons.
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