This widely shared image claiming to show Nigel Farage with Jeffrey Epstein is fabricated. It first surfaced on X on Feb. 3, 2026, and reverse-image searches and archive checks found no credible source or DOJ file that predates that post. Farage has publicly denied ever meeting Epstein. Treat the photo as a hoax and avoid sharing it.
Fact Check: Viral Photo Purporting To Show Nigel Farage With Jeffrey Epstein Is Fake
Lead Stories says: They Never Met
A viral image claiming to show Nigel Farage alongside Jeffrey Epstein is not authentic. The image was first observed on X on Feb. 3, 2026, and there is no verifiable evidence that it existed before that date. Investigations by newsroom fact-checkers and reverse-image searches turned up no credible source, archive file or contemporaneous publication that would confirm the photo is genuine.
Image Source: Lead Stories screenshot from x.com/oscarhero1801/status/2018577337886065015.
What We Checked
Source and circulation: The composite image appeared in a post on X by the account @oscarhero1801 on Feb. 3, 2026. Since then, versions of the image have circulated widely on social media, but researchers were unable to locate an original published source or any news organisations that had previously used the photo.
Image Source: Lead Stories screenshot from AI mode google.com/search.
Reverse image searches: Google Lens and other image-search checks did not locate the picture in any credible news outlet, nor did they identify it within publicly available Department of Justice files related to Epstein. Targeted searches combining the names "Nigel Farage" and "Jeffrey Epstein" likewise produced no authenticated photograph of the two men together.
Archived material and a removed blog post: An "AI mode" thumbnail cached by a search surfaced a link to a now-removed blog post that labeled the image a "Meme of the day" for Feb. 3, 2026. That cached thumbnail included text urging people not to share the photo — a common tactic used to draw attention to hoax content.
Nigel Farage (from an LBC interview, July 31, 2025):
"No, No, I didn't, I didn't. Had I been ten years older, I would have done. Because that, you know they were the circles."
Conclusion
Given the absence of an original source, lack of appearance in credible archives or news coverage, and Farage's public statement that he did not meet Epstein, the image should be treated as fabricated. There is no reliable evidence linking the two men in a genuine photograph. As with all suspected manipulated images, avoid sharing it and report or flag the post if a platform provides that option.
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