Eddie McGuire vows to sue Facebook over fake news

Eddie McGuire has said he will sue Facebook over a fake news story in which he promotes erectile dysfunction medication.

An online article circulating on social media features the Australian television presenter selling ‘TryVexan’ which according to the story contains monkey head mushrooms, horny goat weed, Korean ginseng powder and vitamins.

In the fake article McGuire is quoted as saying: ‘Boy this stuff is potent.’

The web page, which appears to be posing as a fake GQ article, goes on to say McGuire is a partner in the company with talk show host Dr Phil 

‘I’ve tried Viagra, I’ve tried Red Ginseng and I’ve tried Cialis. TryVexan blows them all away.’

The web page, which appears to be posing as a fake GQ article, goes on to say McGuire is a partner in the company with talk show host Dr Phil.

It claims McGuire has given away free samples of the product to his viewers on the Footy Show.

‘I am so confident in the product Dr Phil and I have created that I am offering free samples to our viewers… I wouldn’t talk about something on air I don’t believe and haven’t tried myself,’ a quote from the article reads.

Addressing the story today on Triple M McGuire said the article was a 'bogus story' and he would sue Facebook 

Addressing the story today on Triple M McGuire said the article was a ‘bogus story’ and he would sue Facebook 

Addressing the story today on Triple M McGuire said the article was a ‘bogus story’ and he would sue Facebook.

‘Let’s go after them and let’s get Facebook,’ he said.

‘I’ve got a big appetite to chase this one.’ 

In a statement to Channel Nine, McGuire said: ‘The last thing I want anybody to do is to think, because my image is involved in this, that this drug is safe.

‘I’ve got no idea whether this drug is safe or otherwise but certainly in my situation, I’ve got nothing to do with it and I recommend, given this is their modus operandi, to stay as far away from it as you possibly can,’ he said. 

 

 



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