Watch Paris Hilton Get Ready for a Date Night With 'Tom Cruise' in Deepfake Video
In her video, a man who strikes an uncanny resemblance to Tom walks out of the closet while putting on his blazer to tell Paris, "I don't want to be late to this premiere."podcast host then appears in a sparkling gown, telling her date, "We should always run fashionably late—it's your night."
And after exchanging a few compliments, the pair embraced in front of the mirror to admire their red carpet looks. "Do you think people are really gonna believe that we're a couple?" Paris asked, to which "Tom" quipped, "I think most people will believe anything."And most people did! The TikTok video sent the Internet into a frenzy. One user commented, "I'm so confused, but invested."
Meanwhile, another user started to catch on, writing, "Wait is this the real Tom Cruise or the computer generated one?" Paris eventually cleared the air by commenting that she was "Sliving it up with @deeptomcruise"—which is the TikTok account for impersonator. The content creator is known to use deepfake technology to digitally place Tom Cruise's face onto his own."As I find myself the unofficial face of this deepfake movement, it's important to learn and I'm fascinated by this," Miles said. "This is the bleeding edge of technology.