Is Tiffany Gomas real?

Tiffany Gomas, the woman that found global fame after claiming, and pardon Cockburn’s French, “that motherfucker is not real,” on an American Airlines flight in July, has recently uploaded an apology video to her brand new Twitter account. 

In the video, Gomas, a Texas native says, “Hi, everyone, it’s me, Tiffany Gomas, probably better known as the ‘crazy plane lady,’ which is completely warranted.

“My use of profanity was completely unnecessary, and I want to apologize to everyone on that plane, especially those that had children aboard.

“We all have our bad moments, um, some are far worse than others, and mine happened to be caught on camera for the whole world to see multiple times.”

“Sorry, y’all. I hope that I can use this experience and do a little good in the world, and that is what I intend to do,” Gomas adds. “I hope that you guys can accept my apology and I can begin to move on with my life.”

The apology comes after her outburst went viral, where she is seen pointing at a passenger at the back of the plane, claiming that they are “not real,” before adding, “You can sit on this plane and you can fucking die with them or not. I’m not going to.

She also demanded that the crew “stop the plane.” The aircraft was brought back to the gate and Gomas left. 

Twitter users are now doing some conspiratorial thinking of their own, claiming that the plane lady looks nothing like the woman in the official apology video. One account said, “I do not have the words to tell you guys how fake this is.”

Another put three photos of the woman side by side and said, “ok but why do all these pics look so different?? Am I crazy here?”

Other social media users have brought up the fact that in the video, Gomas doesn’t clarify what she believes she saw, writing, “We don’t need an apology, Tiffany. We just want to know, in detail, what you saw.” 

Could it be that the woman in the apology video is not the same woman from the plane? Whatever you believe, avid users of Twitter, or X, or whatever, are doing some hefty investigation work. They added a “community note” which gives added context to certain posts, to a viral tweet about Gomas that said “You buying this is the same person?” that “This user has digitally manipulated the second image to enlarge the woman’s breasts for some reason.”

So what’s real? Was the man on the plane? Is Gomas? Is anything? Someone dig up Wittgenstein…