"Have I been wiretapped? Yes. But who they said wiretapped me was incorrect"
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The intent reads as tactical truth-telling. By conceding the core fact, she buys credibility, then uses that credibility to contest the more reputationally lethal detail: attribution. In celebrity culture, the specifics matter less as evidence than as narrative weaponry. Being wiretapped is an invasion; being wiretapped by a named person implies motive, betrayal, and a moral arc. Fawcett’s correction tries to sever that arc before it calcifies.
The subtext is also a quiet indictment of the media ecosystem that turns private violation into public sport. "They said" gestures at a faceless chorus of reporters, insiders, and gossip pipelines that treat accuracy as optional if the story moves. The line captures a particular late-20th-century celebrity condition: your life is already being monitored, and your only real power is to edit the rumor in real time. It’s not innocence she’s asserting; it’s control over which version of the intrusion survives.
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| Topic | Privacy & Cybersecurity |
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APA Style (7th ed.)
Fawcett, Farrah. (2026, January 17). Have I been wiretapped? Yes. But who they said wiretapped me was incorrect. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/have-i-been-wiretapped-yes-but-who-they-said-53262/
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Fawcett, Farrah. "Have I been wiretapped? Yes. But who they said wiretapped me was incorrect." FixQuotes. January 17, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/have-i-been-wiretapped-yes-but-who-they-said-53262/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"Have I been wiretapped? Yes. But who they said wiretapped me was incorrect." FixQuotes, 17 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/have-i-been-wiretapped-yes-but-who-they-said-53262/. Accessed 19 Feb. 2026.



