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Adam Sandler tells PEOPLE that a viral TikTok that claimed he purchased $312,000 worth of Chanel bags after an employee “publicly humiliated” his daughter Sadie is “100% insane and made-up”
The video in question appears to falsify the actor and comedian’s voice
Sandler, who received an award at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival on Feb. 5, shares daughters Sadie, 19, and Sunny, 17, with wife Jackie
Adam Sandler is clearing up misinformation spread about him and his daughter Sadie.
The Jay Kelly actor spoke to PEOPLE on the red carpet at a Santa Barbara International Film Festival event honoring Sandler, 59, and his career Thursday, Feb. 5.
At the end of the chat, Sandler addressed a viral TikTok video that purports to show him claiming Sadie, 19, was “publicly humiliated” by a Chanel store employee, calling the story fake.
“By the way, there’s something on the internet talking about that dumb thing,” Sandler says. “I’ve been hearing about this thing and I saw it, and it’s just insane. It’s just this made-up, weird thing that people ask me about. And I’m just like, ‘I’ve never heard of this in my life.’ That story was 100 percent insane and made-up, and not a word of it is true.”
“But there’s also some story I heard about me going to an In-N-Out Burger at midnight and getting a bunch of Double-Doubles, and I have to say, that story is true,” he adds. “So that one’s true. The other one’s pathetic.”
Jackie Sandler, Adam Sandler, Sadie Sandler and Sunny Sandler on Nov. 11, 2025
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The viral TikTok in question was posted Tuesday, Feb. 2. The video appears to falsify Adam’s voice to create a story claiming a retail store employee in Beverly Hills, Calif. told Sadie she “wasn’t allowed to touch” certain items in the store and that Adam, in response, bought $312,000 worth of bags from the store to teach the employee a lesson.
Adam, who shares daughters Sadie and Sunny, 17, with wife Jackie, made a point of telling multiple news outlets at the Santa Barbara Film Festival event that the story is “one of the weirdest, dumbest, 100-percent made-up things.”
He told USA Today on the red carpet that a friend of his texted him to ask about the story, which he described as “nonsense.” “I don’t know how that [expletive] happens,” Adam added.
Adam Sandler, Jackie Sandler and Sadie Sandler attend an NBA basketball game on February 08, 2024 in Los Angeles, California.
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Adam received the film festival’s Maltin Modern Master Award on Feb. 5, which organizers say is meant to “honor an individual who has enriched our culture through accomplishments in the motion picture industry.”
He shouted out Jackie, whom he married in 2003, as “the love of my life” during his acceptance speech. “Thank you for keeping me going all these years. I love you forever. I couldn’t do it without you,” he said, adding, “To my daughters, Sadie and Sunny, you guys are my world. I love you two like you’ll never know.”
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