By Minnie Stephenson
Publication Date: 2026-05-25 16:59:00
There are many things I want to cover this year. Boycotts of the Eurovision Song Contest. Art funding. The future of social media.
Instead, here I analyze the gender politics of a fraudster AI generated Strawberry.
If you’ve somehow avoided this corner of the internet, let me introduce you to the bizarre world of AI fruit dramas: hyper-muscular bananas, glamorous cherries, and emotionally manipulative peaches. Stay with me.
The plots are pure reality TV. Affairs, betrayal, body shaming, love triangles.
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One moment, a strawberry is crying because her banana friend left her for a “younger” fruit. Next, a torn watermelon appears to steal someone’s Kiwi woman.
And millions of people are watching. Not thousands. Millions.
One YouTuber told Channel 4 News that his videos now receive around 400 million views every month – a number so large it hardly sounds real.
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