Candace Owens recently posted what she claims are more text messages from Charlie Kirk.
After having ChatGPT analyze the images, I believe Candace fabricated them.
The model compared the screenshot to real iMessage UI design patterns, typography, and layout structure. Its analysis is based on Apple’s San Francisco typeface metrics, message bubble geometry, and color-rendering consistency, which can be verified against real iPhone screenshots from multiple iOS versions.
The evidence:
1. Bubble design: Real iPhone message bubbles have smoother edges, tighter padding, and different curvature. These look like a mockup or generator template.
2. Profile placement: iMessage doesn’t show the sender’s face above each message; it only appears at the top of a thread or in group chats.
3. Header layout: The contact bar (“Charlie” with a circular photo) doesn’t match any actual iOS version, past or present.
4.Font and spacing: The text doesn’t use Apple’s San Francisco typeface or proper line spacing.
5. Color balance: The gray bubbles are too dark and lack iMessage’s subtle gradient and depth.
Even older iOS versions used consistent design rules for spacing, header layout, and typography, none of which match this image. Together, these details show it isn’t a real iPhone screenshot but a digitally fabricated mockup made to look authentic.