That Viral Tweet of Candace Owens Talking About Ben Shapiro and Her ‘Dry’ Bank Account Is Fake [Video]

A tweet that appears to show far-right influencer Candace Owens ridiculing Ben Shapiro with reference to a “dry” bank account went viral on Friday. The tweet refers to “Ben’s wife” and even looks like it had been deleted, based on a viral screenshot. But the tweet isn’t real. It was made by a comedian.

“After getting fired today, my bank account is gonna be dry for a while, but not as dry as Ben’s wife,” the fake tweet from Owens reads.

Photoshopped tweets about Shapiro and “dryness,” shall we say, have been common on social media platforms like X ever since the conservative commentator awkwardly read lyrics to Cardi B’s hit song “WAP” back in 2020.

Owens joined the Daily Wire, a conservative media network co-founded by Shapiro, in 2021 to host a weekly show. But Owens departed the network on Friday, according to a social media post by Daily …