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The Daily Mail sparked outrage after falsely claiming to have snapped photos of Meg White, the drummer from The White Stripes, living a secret life — only to reveal the woman in the pics was actually a friend of hers who didn’t even know she was being photographed. The newspaper’s reporter had mistaken her for Meg, and when she politely thanked him for praising The White Stripes, they doubled down on the hoax. Karen Elson, Jack White’s ex-wife, publicly defended the woman — calling her someone they “love tremendously” — and slammed the outlet for reckless, cruel invasion of privacy. Though the article is now gone, no apology has been issued. Meg, who’s stayed out of the spotlight since 2011, hasn’t spoken publicly about the incident — but fans remember her resilience, especially after last year’s backlash when a journalist called her a “terrible” drummer, later forced to apologize. Defenders like Questlove and Elson have stood by her through it all.

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