Is a photo showing Melania Trump kissing Jeffrey Epstein on the lips real? No, that's not true: The Hive Moderation AI detection tool was conclusive that the image was created by an artificial intelligence tool, rating it at 98.8 percent certainty. Online searches found no examples of the image earlier than one shared in an X post on December 17, 2025.
The image appeared in a post (archived here) where it was published by the @therockbella X account on December 17, 2025, in a reply to the Amazon MGM Studios post (archived here) of the trailer for the documentary "Melania." It did not include a caption.
This is what the image in the post looked like at the time of writing:
(Image source: Lead Stories screenshot of X.com)
A reverse image search (archived here) for matches to this image on Google found just two examples, both in X posts just four days old.
A TinEye reverse image search found no matches.
(Image source: Lead Stories screenshot of tineye.com)
When Lead Stories tested the image using the Hive Moderation AI-generated content detection tool it concluded the image was 98.8 percent "likely to contain AI-generated or deepfake content."
(Image source: Lead Stories screenshot of hivemoderation.com)
Lead Stories previously debunked another image that purported to show Melania Trump kissing Epstein on the cheek. Our article, titled "Fact Check: Photo Of Melania Trump Kissing Jeffrey Epstein Is Fake -- Colbert Didn't Air It",concluded that it was also made by an AI tool.
