At the beginning of May 2024, a paid Facebook post spread the rumor that Steve Harvey had been fired as host of “Family Feud.” The ad said that he was leaving the game show after almost 14 years. “Tensions Erupt After His On-Air Slip-Up,” the ad said. “Steve Harvey Abruptly Fired From ‘Family Feud,’” it said.
It turned out to be false, though. Harvey wasn’t “booted off of Family Feud,” and Oprah Winfrey hadn’t recently talked to him (see picture below). Also, the ad led to a scam that said Harvey had supported a product called Canna Labs CBD Gummies when he hadn’t. He never said that any kind of CBD candies were good. When we searched Google for more information about Canna Labs CBD Gummies, we mostly found fake web pages and videos.
People who clicked on the ad were taken to a fake CNN story on pastadibern.pro. The headline read, “Steve Harvey Fired from ‘Family Feud’ After Shocking On-Air Confession to Oprah Winfrey.” (It wasn’t possible for us to make a link to an old version of the page.)The fake CNN story was on pastadibern.pro, not cnn.com.
Steve Harvey was quickly fired from ABC’s “Family Feud” after making a mistake during an interview with Oprah Winfrey.