Ioan Gruffudd Explicit Images Are AI Fakes, Actor Warns Fans
Actor Ioan Gruffudd said a woman believed she had an affair with him for over a year after a scammer sent her hundreds of AI-generated explicit images and videos. He reported the case to police and told fans not to engage with anyone claiming to be him.
Actor Ioan Gruffudd said in an Instagram post on Sunday that the explicit images of him circulating in a private chat were AI-generated, after a woman told him at a Tennessee convention she had been in a year-long affair with him. The ioan gruffudd explicit images, he said, came from an impostor.
The "Fantastic Four" actor was attending a Chattanooga Comic Con when the woman approached him. He called the situation "incredibly distressing and disturbing."
What the woman showed him
According to Gruffudd, the woman believed she was in an "extramarital relationship" with him for more than a year. She showed him hundreds of "explicit and disturbing" AI images and videos that someone claiming to be him had sent her.
The two had exchanged hundreds of Telegram messages over that period.
The woman was apparently targeted through a Facebook page for the TV series "Elsbeth." There, the scammer obtained her phone number and asked her to switch to Telegram. Gruffudd appeared in one episode of the CBS series in 2025, playing Angus Oliphant-Donnachaidh.
Warning to fans
Gruffudd said he never gives his cell number to people he does not know. He urged fans to take care.
"If you believe you are speaking to me via message, Telegram, any social media pages that aren't this page (@ioangruffudd), or any other means, this is not me," he wrote.
He asked fans not to engage and never to send money. He also urged them to ignore and block anyone claiming to be him.
Police report, no money lost
The actor said he has reported the scam to police and handed over the woman's cell number for investigation.
On his Instagram story, he later clarified that the case was not a financial scam. "No funds ever requested from her or sent by her," he wrote.
He said the victim herself stated that this was why she never questioned the relationship. "Please be careful out there," he added.
Gruffudd has been married to Bianca Wallace since April 2025. They have a daughter, Mila Mae, born last November. He also has two daughters with his ex-wife Alice Evans.
