Where Did Those Liam Hemsworth Cheating on Miley Cyrus Rumors Come From? An Investigation

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, on her ex-husband Liam Hemsworth's birthday. Entertainingly shady, yes—but now social media is positively awash with the claim that Hemsworth cheated on Cyrus with 14 separate women in the .

Wait, what? Where did these oddly specific rumors come from, and why are they suddenly inescapable on TikTok and Twitter? To the best of my understanding, this rumor started from a January 13 tweet from Pop Tingz, which reads, "The house where the music video for Miley Cyrus’ ‘Flowers’ was recorded was previously used by Liam Hemsworth to cheat on Miley with more than 14 women while they were married." As of this writing, Pop Tingz's viral tweet has accumulated 48.4k likes and a comment from .

And yet! The claim hasn't been verified by any legitimate news sources.But the story has since taken on a life of its own. Another persistent—but also unverified—claim is that Hemsworth dedicated Bruno Mars' “When I Was Your Man” to Cyrus at their wedding and that the lyrics of “Flowers” are a nod to Mars' lyrics.

TikTokers, meanwhile, have begun combing the “Flowers” video for additional incriminating Easter eggs. has speculated that the gold evening dress Cyrus wears in the video is a reference to the gold dress Jennifer Lawrence wore to the Hunger Games premiere, and thus hinting that Hemsworth hooked up with his former co-star. (Lawrence has said before that , but anything beyond that is unverified.)Another popular : In the video, Hemsworth wore to the Avengers premiere, where he during an awkward red carpet moment.