A moment off the field ended up stealing part of the attention in the clash between the United States and Paraguay at the 2026 World Cup. An image circulating on social media supposedly showed content creators Mia Khalifa and Lana Rhoades in the stadium stands, unleashing an immediate wave of reactions and comments.
The image quickly went viral during the match, in which the U.S. team won convincingly 4-1, but the focus of many users ended up shifting toward the alleged presence of both figures at the venue.
However, as the hours passed, different media outlets and verifications on social media pointed out that the image would be a digitally generated montage, and that neither of the two had actually been at the match.
The original image showed Bill Gate:
Even so, the content had already been widely shared, fueling the conversation on platforms such as X and Instagram.
Beyond the truthfulness of the image, the episode once again showed how a single image can become a global trend in a matter of minutes during an event of the magnitude of a World Cup, where social media amplify every detail inside and outside the stadium.