--- description: It was too good to be true after all. title: Morrissey Denies He's Behind Twitter Account image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # It Was Too Good To Be True, After All: Morrissey Denies He's Behind Twitter Account by [Bijan Stephen](/author/bijan-stephen/) ## Bijan Stephen Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 18, 2014 2:10 PM CUT by [Bijan Stephen](/author/bijan-stephen/) ## Bijan Stephen Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 18, 2014 2:10 PM CUT 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 "undefined") to the recent interest in self-branding. There’s a [famous](http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/just-go-on-the-internet-and-tell-lies "undefined") [phrase](http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/000/428/075/30a.jpeg "undefined") 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 "undefined")—caused an online furor recently when it appeared that he [began to use](http://pitchfork.com/news/55201-morrissey-joins-twitter/ "undefined") [Twitter](https://twitter.com/itsmorrissey "undefined"). It seemed legit: One of his reps even [confirmed to Pitchfork](http://pitchfork.com/news/55232-morrissey-denies-that-hes-on-twitter/ "undefined") 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 "undefined") yesterday to the zine True To You avowing that he doesn’t have a Facebook or Twitter account: --- > “” --- Oh well. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/103854/morrissey-twitter/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/103854/morrissey-twitter/"},"headline":"It Was Too Good To Be True, After All: Morrissey Denies He's Behind Twitter Account","datePublished":"2014-05-18T14:10:57.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:09:45.097Z","description":"Alas.","url":"https://time.com/103854/morrissey-twitter/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Music","twitter"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Bijan Stephen","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/bijan-stephen/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/103854/morrissey-twitter/","name":"It Was Too Good To Be True, After All: Morrissey Denies He's Behind Twitter Account"}}]}] ```