This is for the purpose of having all the links I find most useful in one place and to provide a touchstone for people new to the situation. Β This doesnβt contain everything, but it contains a lot of the most vital information up to this point. Β I tried to stick with the most verifiable evidence.
The story that Louis Tomlinson got Briana Jungwirth pregnant and had a baby with her is a lie. Β Most likely this is a PR stunt and Briana never had a baby at all, much less Louisβ baby. Β The evidence is below.
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despite being spotted with at least 5 or more girls (x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x,Β x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x) in the preceding months, for some reason the mother is the only girl the papers identified far ahead of the pregnancy news
the motherβs mother created a Twitter account and followed the People baby account before the pregnancy was known but after the mother had been seen with the father
the fatherβs label owner was the first to confirm the pregnancy news rather than the father, the mother, or a rep statement, 5 days after the news first broke
the fatherβs bandmate was the first to personally speak about the pregnancy rather than the father
the speech used to refer to the pregnancy by both the father and his bandmates was strangely vague, and a Mexican journalist claimed that asking about the baby during interviews was banned
the motherβs grandmother was the first one to confirm the birth rather than the mother, the father, or an official rep
despite making a big deal of another member becoming an uncle previously, not one of the fatherβs bandmates congratulated him on the birth or on his first Fatherβs Day publicly
the pregnancy was announced before a paternity test despite the parents not being in a committed relationship and the father being in a position to be vulnerable to gold-digging
despite varying timelines on the mother and father dating, the father was definitely out clubbing multiple times a week without the mother from late February to May
despite claiming the father was dating the mother for months, the father was linked to multiple βmysterious blondesβ (x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x, x) during the months leading up to the conception
the father stated at the Brits that he missed the child after just a day apart and hadnβt left him before, just after that it was reported he was in a custody battle due to being refused the right to see the child, and yet he has traveled away from LA where the baby is many times since then
despite the father stating he wanted children even as a teenager, there are no pictures or videos of the father smiling when talking about the baby before the birth, or smiling at the baby with anywhere near the joy thatβs found on his face when he sees any other child
the father was only granted βseveral hours of visitation per weekβ to the baby
the pregnancy was announced before the end of the first trimester (at 11 weeks), it was not presented as a leak but as an intentional announcement, two different publications had the exclusive within half an hour of each other (the time on The Sun has been changed but it was out by at least 5:30 pm ET according to my reblog)
despite requesting privacy, reporting that sheβs very privateΒ from the beginningΒ with quotes from multiple family members,Β reporting that she doesnβt like taking photos,Β and complaining of harassment
the mother attended the fatherβs concerts in full view on the floor
used a public twitter with her name in the title and talked to fans on it
created a twitter for the baby
used a public instagram with her name in the title, gave out an email address
participated in many,Β manyΒ different occurrences ofΒ pappings
made product promotion agreements
held an hour long video q&aΒ with fans on Periscope
followers her own update and fan accounts
the motherβs family also bought multiple domain names, some of which were unrelated to the baby but were related to the fatherβs band
despite chastising paps, the father was papped many times with the baby, often in the same area
the fatherβs family claimed the reason they werenβt posting pictures is because they wanted privacy for the child, then later posted several pictures
the father and mother both showed up in public to exchange the baby multiple times when they could have done it somewhere thatβs actually private, such as a gated property, yet the fatherβs rep put out a statement denouncing paps for invading the childβs privacyΒ
despite being born and raised American, the mother has used British spelling and phrasing on social media, indicating that itβs likely she has someone managing her social media at least part of the time
the motherβs grandmother strangely posted on Instagram that sheβs only posting βwhat has been asked of [her]β and doesnβt post without approval
Other Illogical Statements and Situations
the mother supposedly stated that sheβs worried the new girlfriend could be a crazy fan despite the new girlfriend being with the father for at least 6 months at the time of the statementthe mother supposedly stated that a condition of her agreeing to an arrangement with the father is that he not use a nanny despite the fact that she has a nanny herself
despite smoking and using straws being prohibited after oral surgery, the father was pictured doing both after supposedly having oral surgery according to his sister, the story the pictures were used for was mainly about the baby and for some reason heavily featured his bandaid
the mother was first reported as a short fling, then as a relationship that started in Jan 2015Β and lasted for a few monthsΒ that would have overlapped with the fatherβs last long term girlfriend, and it was also reported they dated for a year, then recently it was reported as a one night stand again
it was reported that the father was dating the old girlfriend at the same time as he dated the mother, yet it was also reported that the reason he didnβt ask for a paternity test was because he and the mother were dating exclusively when they were together
the fatherβs new girlfriend appeared around November 2015 and yet was reported to have been dating the father for a year in June 2016 when it would have been around 7 months
the baby was originally reported as a girl and then with the name of Sydney Rain and then was later revealed to be a boy named Freddie Reign
the media reported that the father and mother were about to go to court over custody disagreements in Feb,Β it was alleged the custody argument was temporarily settled under the condition that the fatherβs new girlfriend not spend time with the baby, yet the fatherβs new girlfriend was pictured with the baby multiple times and no action to stop it was taken until months later
the pictures of the mother and father used when the pregnancy story first ran were pictures from May that were taken before the pregnancy was known, run by other papers for the dating story but not used by The Sun who didnβt report on the dating story at all, and then only published by The Sun when the baby story surfaced,The Sun being the paper the pap who took the pictures indicated
the pictures of the father with the baby were released on a delayed timeline and deliberately attributed to the wrong dates in some cases
the babyβs due date was reported as multiple conflicting dates
the part where the father addresses the pregnancy was cut out of one version of an interview that was posted officially
it was reported that the mother went to one of the fatherβs concerts in Canada, but it seems like the girl pictured wasnβt her and the article was deleted
despite his baby siblings being featured openly on the father and his motherβs social media, the father and his family rarely post about the baby (especially compared to the mother) and say itβs for privacy reasons
despite the mother posting baby pictures on a regular basis, the fatherβs family rarely post and state privacy as the reason
despite many pictures with the mother and baby being in color, all but one picture of the father that surfaced online (not including pap pictures) are black and white for some reason
the one picture of the father holding the baby in color posted online seems to have come from an update account rather than any of the family
despite there being multiple videos of the mother and baby, there are no videos of the father and baby (not including pap videos)
the pictures posted of the father holding the baby on his Instagram appear to be photoshop, one is definite, the other is highly suspect (wrong hair lengthΒ in both cases, missing tattoo, impossible body position of the baby)
the other picture the father posted showing the fatherβs hand with the baby also appears to be photoshop (missing scar)
the other pictures of the father holding the baby posted by others on social media are also suspect of photoshop (humongous hands in proportion, missingΒ tattoo, strange lighting and texture contrast between baby and father)
there are no pictures or videos showing both a clear view of the motherβs face and her bare stomach while pregnant, and there seems to be a mole missing
pictures of other mothers and/or babies were several times falsely attributed by the motherβs family as being the mother and the baby
the motherβs family seem to have taken a bunch of pictures on one day and released them on social media over the course of a few weeks based on the same clothing being worn by multiple people in them
it appears the babyβs ear shape is completely different in two pics taken two days apart
around three weeks before the pregnancy news broke, the father picked up a baby doll onstage, unnecessarily repeated βit is not realβ multiple times and threw it off stage while wearing a shirt that said βthe future is nowβ
the father tweeted lyrics from Dirty Dancing a few days before the pregnancy news broke
the second show after the pregnancy news broke, the first song played after the fatherβs concert was Billie Jean, the lyrics of which should be considered
the father followed Matt LeBlanc, well known for the show Friends, right after he was seen in Sunglass Hut the day of the babyβs birth
the babyβs name, Freddie Reign, aligns closely with Freddie Mercury from Queen who is a well known gay icon, and who the father would have been aware of given the connection to the stuffed bear called Teddy Mercury that educated the fandom on much LGBT+ history and shared the stage with him for the entire last tour
the father posted about βDaddy Coolβ but those are actually lyrics about a daddy kink and not a baby, and he said it again in person
the father mentioned Jeremy Kyle and his bandmate mentioned Family Fortunes during the first day heβd addressed the baby extensively in interviews
the father followed Ne-Yo who had a paternity scandal
the father never used to post solo selfies and then suddenly started posting unfailingly morose selfies right around when the baby was born and around events showing the fatherβs involvement with the baby
almost the only pictures on the fatherβs Instagram that are in black and white since the pregnancy news are those of him in a picture with the baby or him with his girlfriend who is suspected to be a beard
all of the pictures on the fathersβ Instagram that show him with the baby are in black and white, all the pictures of the father with the baby posted by his mother are also in black and white
Hints From People Close To The Father
the fatherβs family have made multiple suspicious comments and references pointing towards friction with the motherβs family, the baby not being his or not existing at all
the fatherβs suspected boyfriend also hinted the day the babyβs birth certificate became public, and made a post that could refer to the father and the motherβs family, and possibly sent another hint onstage
the family of the fatherβs suspected boyfriend also hinted at the baby not being the fatherβs
the fatherβs bandmate made another reference on social media
the fatherβs supposed-ex bandmate retweeted an interesting reference as well
as may have become clear above, itβs heavily suspected that the father is actually in an unwillingly closeted relationship with his bandmate
the baby situation is one way of closeting them
the band as a whole is also nearing a transition away from their old, abusive and incompetent team, to a new team
their old team has been trying to underhandedly destroy the reputation of the band as much as possible in order to transfer fans over to their other artists instead, save face in the industry and with the public, lower the value of the band for their future team(s) since theyβll now be competing against their old teamβs artists,Β and possibly out of a twisted personal vendetta against the band
smearing the individuals in the band is part of this campaign
because the father getting the mother pregnant looks irresponsible, the fatherβs lack of interest in the mother makes him look cold, the fatherβs refusal to get a paternity test and formally establish custody looks naive and stupid, and it could like the father is willingly participating in a terribly executed, over the top closeting stunt to people who see itβs a stunt and donβt know much about the band otherwise, this stunt functions as a smear campaign against him
Knowing Itβs a Stunt, Was There Ever a Baby?
no, starting from the assumption that itβs a stunt, itβs extremely unlikely the mother had a baby
itβs unclear if a real baby was used for the stunt for the first month or two after birth, it may have been a combination of dolls and photoshop at first
after a certain point it became clear there was a real baby being used, although itβs unclear if thereβs been more than one baby playing the role or who exactly the baby or babies belong to, although there are theories
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