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href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2025\/03\/22\/elon-musk-blasted-spreading-concerning-misinformation-netflixs-adolescence-22772775\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">misinformation spread online.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, X account @stillgray made completely false allegations that <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2025\/03\/19\/adolescence-filmed-one-shot-episodes-drama-rocketed-netflix-charts-22756201\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the one-shot show<\/a> was ‘based on real life cases such as the Southport murderer’ and claimed the team had ‘swapped the actual killer from a Black man\/migrant to a white boy’ as part of ‘anti-white propaganda.’<\/p>\n<p>The damaging and inaccurate statement was widely condemned, but <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/elon-musk\/\" data-track=\"inline-tag-auto-link_article\">Elon Musk<\/a> was blasted for amplifying the misinformation when he responded with: ‘Wow.’<\/p>\n<p>Now, Thorne, who co-wrote Adolescence with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/stephen-graham\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Stephen Graham<\/a>, has reacted to the false claims being circulated online, saying: ‘They’re saying that we race swapped it, because we were basically here and then ended up there, and everything else, and nothing is further from the truth. <\/p>\n<p>‘I have told a lot of real-life stories in my time. I know the harm that can come when you take elements of a real-life story, and you put it on screen, and the people aren’t expecting it. There is no part of this that’s based on a true story, not one single part.’<\/p>\n<div class=\"factbox\" data-ico=\"factbox_article\" data-track-module=\"factbox_article\">\n<h2 class=\"factbox-title\">\n\t\t\t\tGet personalised updates on all things Netflix\t\t\t<\/h2>\n<div class=\"factbox-content\">\n<p> Wake up to find news on your TV shows in your inbox every morning with Metro’s TV Newsletter.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/newsletters\/tv-newsletter\/?ito=tv-article&signup-source=tv-article-link\">Sign up to our newsletter<\/a> and then select your show in the link we’ll send you so we can get TV news tailored to you.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Thorne, 46, also pointed out that children from all ethnic backgrounds commit crimes and that it was ‘absurd and not true’ to claim that they are only committed by Black boys.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"968\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pilotshopworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/SEI_243613424-ca2c.jpg\" class=\"article-image wp-image-22772859\" alt=\"Jack Thorne arriving for the special screening of Adolescence, at BAFTA in central London. Picture date: Wednesday March 12, 2025. PA Photo. See PA story SHOWBIZ Adolescence. Photo credit should read: Ian West\/PA Wire\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t<\/div><figcaption>Jack Thorne said not ‘one single part’ was based on a true story (Picture: Ian West\/PA Wire)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"322\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pilotshopworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/SEI_241375266-0679.jpg\" class=\"article-image wp-image-22789684\" alt=\"Adolescence. (L to R) Owen Cooper as Jamie Miller, Stephen Graham as Eddie Miller in Adolescence. Cr. Courtesy of Netflix ?? 2024\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t<\/div><figcaption>Thorne said the hit drama was ‘making a point’ about masculinity (Picture: Courtesy of Netflix)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He continued on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalplayer.com\/podcasts\/42KuVj\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The News Agents <\/a>podcast: ‘We’re not making a point about race with this. We are making a point about masculinity. We’re trying to get inside a problem. We’re not saying this is one thing or another. We’re saying this is about boys<em>.<\/em>‘<\/p>\n<p>After his comment on social media, X owner Musk was heavily criticised for allowing mistruths to spread.<\/p>\n<p>@Shayan86 explaining: \u2018Adolescence is not based on the Southport attack or a single case. It was already in production and being filmed before Southport happened.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The Southport tragedy occurred on July 29 last year, as 18-year-old Axel Rudakubana attacked children at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class, killing three girls and seriously injuring 10 others. Adolescence was filmed over six months between March and September.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The amount of viral nonsense that is posted as news on this app, often amplified by Elon Musk, is mind-boggling\u2019, the X user added.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"323\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pilotshopworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/SEI_244999175-c523.jpg\" class=\"article-image wp-image-22778533\" alt=\"Owen Cooper as Jamie Miller in Adolescence. He's sitting at a table with a smug expression on his face.\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t<\/div><figcaption>‘Absurd’ misinformation about Adolescence spread online (Picture: Courtesy of Netflix)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Echoing their thoughts, @Sensanetional said the prevalence of misinformation was \u2018concerning\u2019 and @priestleyl branded X a \u2018hell site\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>In various interviews, Graham has explained that while the miniseries is not directly based on one singular case, he<a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2025\/03\/20\/real-life-adolescence-cases-social-media-incel-culture-motivated-killers-past-22760472\/\"> drew inspiration from a string of shocking knife-related crimes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Where it came from, for me, is there was an incident in Liverpool, a young girl, and she was stabbed to death by a young boy. I just thought, \u201cWhy?\u201d,\u2019 Graham began to\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/stephen-graham-adolescence-one-take\/\">Radio Times magazine<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Then there was another young girl in south London who was stabbed to death at a bus stop. And there was this thing up North, where that young girl, Brianna Ghey, was lured into the park by two teenagers, and they stabbed her.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I just thought, \u201cWhat\u2019s going on? What is this that\u2019s happening?\u201d\u2018<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"323\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pilotshopworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/SEI_243830748-2e30.jpg\" class=\"article-image wp-image-22775773\" alt=\"Owen Cooper as Jamie Miller sat opposite Erin Doherty as Briony Ariston in Adolescence\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t<\/div><figcaption>The show examines the rise of incel culture and Andrew Tate (Picture: Courtesy of Netflix)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Graham also told Tudum that he wanted the show to \u2018shine a spotlight\u2019 on the alarming behaviour of these boys, who had been radicalised in online forums by the beliefs of figures like Andrew Tate.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018One of our aims was to ask, \u201cWhat is happening to our young men these days and what are the pressures they face from their peers, from the internet, and from social media?\u201d,\u2019 Graham continued. \u2018And the pressures that come from all of those things are as difficult for kids here as they are the world over.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Split into four one-take episodes, Adolescence follows\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2025\/03\/21\/adolescence-fans-just-spotted-chilling-moment-first-scene-reveals-ending-22769691\/\">13-year-old Jamie<\/a>, who\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2025\/03\/22\/he-a-great-future-adolescences-owen-cooper-already-tipped-oscar-22761210\/\">rising star Owen Cooper plays<\/a>\u00a0in his first-ever acting job, as he is accused of murdering a female classmate, Katie (Emilia Holliday).<\/p>\n<p>Jamie\u2019s parents (portrayed by Christine Tremarco and Graham) are then forced to confront the shocking incident as officers investigate the impact of his radicalisation and <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2025\/03\/20\/teenagers-share-really-think-adolescence-22759365\/\">incel culture involving young boys<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Listen 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