Four years ago, the people of Reddit gathered in r/Fauxmoi to share their celebrity and pop culture-related predictions for the future — and looking back today, it’s pretty wild how accurate some of them were! So, here’s a roundup of responses, plus any necessary current context:1. “Armie Hammer will lay low for a few years, quietly rehab his image, and a controversial director will greenlight him in a project.” —Anonymous
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Armie was quote-unquote “canceled” in 2021 after multiple women made disturbing allegations against him, all of which he vehemently denied. A year after the controversy unfolded, Armie was laying low and working as a timeshare salesperson in the Cayman Islands. He remained out of the spotlight for a while before slowly resurfacing in the public eye — and last year, he wrapped shooting the films Frontier Crucible, directed by Travis Mills, and Bone Tomahawk, produced by Dallas Sonnier.
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2. “Ariana Grande will get divorced from her hubby in a couple of years. I’m being horribly mean but I don’t see it lasting.” —u/deeznoobs16Ariana was married to real estate agent Dalton Gomez for two years before they got divorced in 2023. She hasn’t revealed a ton of information about the split, but she was linked to her Wicked costar Ethan Slater shortly afterwards. (She denied cheating on Dalton.)
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3. “Machine Gun Kelly and Megan Fox will have a nasty public breakup.” —Anonymous
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It’s hard to keep up with Megan and MGK, but they’ve seemingly split multiple times since this Reddit prediction was shared. In 2024, a source described the pair — who share a child together — as “emotional and impulsive,” while another insider told People earlier this year that they “haven’t been together in a real way for a long time now and whatever they had romantically is done.”
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4. “Paris Hilton will have babies via surrogates. The marriage is in shambles, but they’ll stick it out for a good long while ‘for the children.’” —u/lucia912
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Indeed, Paris has welcomed two children with her husband, Carter Reum, via surrogates in 2023: A baby boy named Phoenix and a girl named London. However, this user’s prediction about Paris and Carter’s marriage is less accurate, given that he recently shut down rumors of any tension between them.
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5. “Dakota Johnson will get canceled for something, and she’ll make it worse by talking about the problems with cancel culture instead of taking accountability or apologizing.” —u/bortlesforbachelor
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In 2024, Dakota faced immense backlash for her “arrogant” response to all the discourse around nepo babies. The actor, whose parents are Melanie Griffith and Don Johnson, said that she found the conversation to be “annoying and boring” during an interview. Days later, she casually recalled relying on her mom for help when her dad cut her off financially for pursuing acting instead of going to college.
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6. “Taylor Swift and Joe Alwyn will break up before they make it to the altar.” —u/understated_hatpin
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Taylor and Joe were together for more than six years before they suddenly split in 2023 — and it’s safe to say that the news caught everyone off guard.
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7. “Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner will get divorced.” —u/understated_hatpin
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After roughly four years of marriage, Joe and Sophie announced their split in 2023. The messy divorce, which involved a public custody battle over their two young daughters, was ultimately finalized in September 2024.
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8. “In order to keep up with the younger artists, Beyoncé will join TikTok against her wishes and promote her album.” —u/lucia912
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Indeed, Beyoncé shocked fans by joining TikTok in 2022, bringing her entire music catalog to the platform, too. This happened just weeks before the release of her acclaimed album Renaissance, making this Reddit user’s prediction all the more accurate!
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9. “There’ll be a major public/media reckoning on how terrible people were to Millie Bobby Brown.” —u/georgie-biatch
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While a “major public reckoning” might be a stretch, I think it’s fair to say that Millie has been met with more positivity than negativity online in recent years — namely since she called out reporters who cruelly criticized her appearance last March.10. “Emma Watson no longer acting and just does full-time activism/feminist related work.” —u/georgie-biatch
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Emma hasn’t officially retired from acting, but she has taken an extended break since her last film, Little Women, came out in 2018. She remains politically outspoken, speaking out in solidarity with the people of Palestine and raising awareness around subjects like environmental justice and transgender rights.
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11. “Marvel/Pixar/Disney animation will release a new movie that’s ‘so gay’, but it just has one scene during a pride parade and a single shot of a male character’s hand touching another man’s hand or something.” —u/syrub
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Unfortunately, multiple LGBTQ+ scenes in Disney and Pixar movies have sparked negative reactions from some viewers, but one notable example came in the film Lightyear. While the Disney film was released in 2022, the brief moment of LGBTQ+ representation in it drew backlash from rapper Snoop Dogg in 2025. He said he recalled thinking, “Oh ****, I didn’t come in for this ****! I just came to watch the ******* movie,” before adding, “I’m scared to go to the movies now! Like, y’all throwing me in the middle of **** that I don’t have an answer for!”
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Let’s take a moment to praise the film’s lead, Chris Evans, who called out anti-gay viewers of the film. “The real truth is those people are idiots… There’s always going to be people who are afraid and unaware and trying to hold on to what was before,” he said.
12. And finally, “The Skins alum, i.e. Daniel Kaluuya and Dev Patel, will continue to dominate and put out great projects. With the right choices, Nicholas Hoult and Jack O’Connell will go places, and I could see that especially for Jack.” —u/Historical-Digs
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I mean, between Jack in Sinners (2025), Nicholas in Superman (2025), and Dev in Monkey Man (2024)…Need I say more?
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