{"id":2429544,"date":"2026-05-23T18:23:46","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T18:23:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2429544"},"modified":"2026-05-23T18:23:46","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T18:23:46","slug":"fox-news-reacts-to-claims-vice-admiral-wore-mask-during-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/fox-news-reacts-to-claims-vice-admiral-wore-mask-during-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Fox News Reacts to Claims Vice Admiral Wore Mask During Show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Fox News is reacting to a viral conspiracy theory claiming a vice admiral wore a <em>Mission Impossible<\/em>-like mask during an on-air interview in an effort to hide his real identity.<\/p>\n<p>Vice Admiral <strong>Robert Harward<\/strong>, a retired Navy Seal and the former Deputy commander of the United States Central Command, appeared on the network\u2019s show <em>America\u2019s Newsroom<\/em> on Tuesday, May 19, to share his expertise and personal opinions on the ongoing war in Iran with hosts <strong>Bill Hemmer<\/strong> and <strong>Dana Perino<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>During his appearance, a shadow was cast on the base of the former Seal\u2019s throat, sparking an instantly-viral claim that Harward was wearing a silicone, life-like mask in the hopes of hiding or at the very least obscuring his true identity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFox aired an interview with retired Robert Harward, former Deputy Commander of CENTCOM,\u201d one social media user wrote. \u201cI think the Deep State does this a lot to make it difficult to figure out what on this Flat Earth is going on.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"link-related article link-related__with-thumb\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__thumbnail related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/whoopi-goldberg-slams-theory-pentagon-is-using-taylor-swift-as-asset\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-source=\"01\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"article__figure\">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:56.25%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content\">\n<h3 class=\"article__title\">\n\t\t\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"article__title-link related-ab-test\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/whoopi-goldberg-slams-theory-pentagon-is-using-taylor-swift-as-asset\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-source=\"01\"><br \/>\n    <span class=\"related-badge\">Related: <\/span><span class=\"related-title\">Whoopi Goldberg Slams Theory Pentagon Is Using Taylor Swift for Control<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\tWhoopi Goldberg needs people to calm down \u2014 especially when it comes to Fox\u2019s latest conspiracy theory that Taylor Swift is being used by the government to control the masses. \u201cThere are real issues impacting millions of Americans,\u201d Goldberg, 68, said during the Thursday, January 11, episode of The View. \u201cThis is what the Fox [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe Robert Harward Fox News interview doesn\u2019t mean he\u2019s dead, replaced, or alien. He was very likely just unavailable that day,\u201d another wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Even famous influencers and musicians were publicly questioning the vice admiral\u2019s Fox News appearance.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Trump &quot;Controls the Narrative&quot; With Iran | VADM (ret.) Robert Harward on Fox News\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/X06b8rITwRE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI need an explanation Or ima feel like we under siege with mind control!\u201d Philadelphia rapper <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/meek-mill\/\"><strong>Meek Mill<\/strong><\/a> wrote via X on Friday, May 22, reacting to the interview and the strange shadow on the vice admiral\u2019s neck. \u201cWassup with bro bro neck!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Others, however, seemed to make comments in jest, poking fun at the viral claims and online conspiracy theories.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat motherf***er is NOT real!\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/meghan-mccain\/\"><strong>Meghan McCain<\/strong><\/a>, former <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/shows\/the-view\/\"><em>The View<\/em><\/a> cohost and daughter of the late Senator and presidential hopeful<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrities\/john-mccain\/\"><strong> John McCain<\/strong><\/a>, wrote via X while sharing a clip of the interview, seemingly poking fun at claims Harward is not who he claims he is. (McCain, 41, was referencing <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/entertainment\/news\/age-of-attractions-derrick-dated-plane-lady-tiffany-gomas\/\"><strong>Tiffany Gomas<\/strong><\/a>\u2019 infamous airplane rant.)<\/p>\n<div id=\"news-block\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form  \">\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-narrow.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-narrow\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/themes\/us-weekly\/assets\/img\/newsletter-bg-wide.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"newsletter-form__background background-wide\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"newsletter-signup__success\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<h3>Thank You!<\/h3>\n<p>You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Fox News later issued a statement in response to the conspiracy theories, which gained so much online traction the prediction-betting platform Polymarket started taking bets on whether Harward was, indeed, hiding his true identity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVice Admiral Robert Harward appeared on FOX News Channel earlier this week via a remote, mobile camera operated by an outside vendor,\u201d the network wrote in a statement to <em>TMZ<\/em> published on Friday. \u201cDuring the interview, lighting conditions in the van contrasted with the vice admiral\u2019s jacket, which caused a shadow to appear on his neck.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The former Navy Seal has not publicly commented on the viral reaction to his Fox News interview.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.usmagazine.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fox News is reacting to a viral conspiracy theory claiming a vice admiral wore a Mission Impossible-like mask during an on-air interview in an effort to hide his real identity. 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