{"id":27664,"date":"2026-05-16T15:00:24","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T15:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/27664\/"},"modified":"2026-05-16T15:00:24","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T15:00:24","slug":"are-ai-generated-fruit-dramas-linked-to-manosphere-ideas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/27664\/","title":{"rendered":"Are AI-generated fruit dramas linked to manosphere ideas?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title = \"Are AI-generated fruit dramas linked to manosphere ideas?\"   width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/L1D1Gf8-Wrc\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>\nAre AI-generated fruit dramas linked to manosphere ideas?<br \/>\n<br \/>\nLet us introduce you to the  bizarre world of AI-generated \u201cfruit dramas\u201d. <\/p>\n<p>[Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe]<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019ve managed to avoid this corner of the internet, millions are watching cartoon strawberries, bananas and avocados fall in and out of love online.<\/p>\n<p>But beneath the absurdity, critics say these viral videos are recycling old sexist tropes for a new algorithmic age. <\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve been speaking to one of the creators behind the trend, which critics call an extension of the manosphere.<\/p>\n<p>Reporter: Minnie Stephenson<br \/>\nProducer: Isaine Blatry<br \/>\nCameraman: Stephen Hird<br \/>\nGraphic designer: Ian Watkins<br \/>\nEditor: Katie Brown <\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>Get more news at our site &#8211; https:\/\/www.channel4.com\/news\/ <\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our Substack newsletter: https:\/\/channel4news.substack.com\/subscribe<\/p>\n<p>Follow us:<br \/>\nTikTok &#8211; https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@c4news<br \/>\nInstagram &#8211; https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/channel4news\/<br \/>\nTwitter &#8211; https:\/\/twitter.com\/Channel4News<br \/>\nFacebook &#8211; https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Channel4News\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Are AI-generated fruit dramas linked to manosphere ideas? Let us introduce you to the bizarre world of AI-generated&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":27665,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[17196,29072,14860,29081,29073,29078,29084,29082,13599,366,352,365,29088,29077,29076,354,353,24537,29085,29086,29087,29083,29075,341,29074,29080,29079,235],"class_list":{"0":"post-27664","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-channel-4-news","8":"tag-ai-content","9":"tag-ai-fruit-dramas","10":"tag-ai-generated-content","11":"tag-ai-storytelling","12":"tag-ai-videos","13":"tag-animated-fruit","14":"tag-avocado-drama","15":"tag-banana-drama","16":"tag-c4-news","17":"tag-channel-4","18":"tag-channel-4-news","19":"tag-channel4","20":"tag-digital-culture","21":"tag-fruit-drama","22":"tag-instagram-reels","23":"tag-international-news","24":"tag-latest-news","25":"tag-manosphere","26":"tag-online-misogyny","27":"tag-sexist-tropes","28":"tag-social-media-trend","29":"tag-strawberry-ai","30":"tag-tiktok-ai","31":"tag-uk-news","32":"tag-viral-ai-trend","33":"tag-viral-videos","34":"tag-weird-internet","35":"tag-world-news"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@videos\/116584879359638361","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27664","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27664"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27664\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}