This Video of Messi Baptizing Baby Lamine Yamal Is AI-Generated

Social media users widely circulated a video alleging to show the Argentine player Lionel Messi baptizing Lamine Yamal, the current 17-year-old Spanish player, when he was a baby.

An X user shared the video after the two players recently won titles for their countries, commenting, “Lamine Yamal and Lionel Messi the Euros and Copa America on the same day. This is fate.”