Fans are questioning the validity of Glen Powell's dating horror story after he told it in a recent podcast appearance.
He Nobody but you The star left listeners scratching their foreheads after he sat down with Jake Shane to record an episode of Therapist, which reveals an unexpected story about a date gone wrong. Powell, 35, admitted that his sister's friend almost avoided cannibalism while she was dating a man she barely knew.
“My little sister was friends with a girl who went on a date with a boy,” the actor began. At first, his sister’s friend thought the man was “super charming.” However, the night allegedly took a turn for the worse when they went to his apartment.
Powell continued, “She goes back to his apartment that night and he says, 'Hey, can I give you a massage?' She started to get a strange vibe. “She says something feels wrong.”
Anyway, Powell said the man began massaging the woman's shoulders, lathering her with lotion. At this moment, the friend felt extremely uncomfortable and wanted to leave immediately.
“She says, 'I have to get out of here.' And she gets a little weird, like, 'No, please don't leave,'” Powell said.
His sister's friend made it out of the man's apartment safely, but her body allegedly had a bad reaction, according to the actor.
Powell said: “She leaves, her skin starts itching like crazy. The next day she goes to the doctor and he does a skin test.”
The results were not what she expected. “And it turns out it's like a black market lotion that breaks down your skin for human consumption,” the Hollywood favorite said.
Powell told Shane that the doctor asked for the address of the man his sister's friend dated. The medical professional then called the police and sent them to his house. According to Powell, they found “the bodies of several girls” there.
Upon hearing Powell's story, Shane's jaw dropped, prompting him to clarify that it wasn't Powell's sister who went to the date. “No, she was like his friend,” Powell clarified.
Although the story was completely surprising, Shane seemed to believe Powell. But online viewers speculated whether the tornadoes The star was being honest.
Listeners took to X, formerly known as Twitter, to point out holes in Powell's story, while others accused him of outright lying.
“How did you apply the lotion to her shoulders without having it in your own hands? Was she giving him a massage with latex gloves? asked an individual. “This sounds like a made-up story. Too many pieces are implausible.”
Another added: “I'm also skeptical simply because we would have heard about this if it were true. “Man softens women's skin before eating it” is a pretty irresistible headline. “It would be national news.”
“Sounds crazy. I wonder if there is a news article to refer to? Reminds me of the gossip game. The initial story ends totally different at the end,” another woman wrote.
Meanwhile, someone else said: “This is obviously not real/didn't happen.”
“I need to know what exactly this lotion is. What does 'decomposes skin for human consumption' mean??? Does it eat human meat but is it safe for human consumption? What?” commented another listener.
The independent A representative for Powell has been contacted for comment.
