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# It Was Too Good To Be True, After All: Morrissey Denies He's Behind Twitter Account

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## Bijan Stephen


May 18, 2014 2:10 PM UTC

by 

[Bijan Stephen](https://time.com/author/bijan-stephen/)


## Bijan Stephen


May 18, 2014 2:10 PM UTC

The Internet has always been obsessed with identity, from the parental panic surrounding the anonymous AOL chatrooms of the ’90s to Mark Zuckerberg’s [apparent war on privacy](http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2010/jan/11/facebook-privacy) to the recent interest in self-branding. There’s a [famous](http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/just-go-on-the-internet-and-tell-lies) [phrase](http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/428/075/30a.jpeg) on the Internet that encapsulates perhaps the most relevant part of this fascination, cribbed from the children’s TV show _Arthur_: “You really think someone would do that, just go on the Internet and tell lies?”

Most of the time, the answer is a resounding yes. Steven Morrissey—yes, [that one](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morrissey)—caused an online furor recently when it appeared that he [began to use](http://pitchfork.com/news/55201-morrissey-joins-twitter/) [Twitter](https://twitter.com/itsmorrissey). It seemed legit: One of his reps even [confirmed to Pitchfork](http://pitchfork.com/news/55232-morrissey-denies-that-hes-on-twitter/) that the singer was, in fact, behind the account.

Alas, it was too good to be true. Morrissey released a [statement](http://true-to-you.net/morrissey%5Fnews%5F140516%5F01) yesterday to the zine True To You avowing that he doesn’t have a Facebook or Twitter account:

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Oh well.

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