In a new episode of Call Her Daddy published on Wednesday (May 15), the “Sk8er Boi” singer addressed the long-standing Internet theory that claims the Canadian pop-punk superstar died in the early 2000s after her debut album Let Go was released, but due to her skyrocketed success, music industry execs replaced her with a doppelgänger named Melissa.
“I mean, it’s just funny to me. Like, on one end, everyone’s like, ‘You look the exact same. You haven’t aged a day.’ But then other people are like, there’s a conspiracy theory that I’m not me,” Lavigne said on the podcast in response. “Honestly, it’s not that bad. It could be worse, right? I kind of feel like I got a good one. I don’t think it’s negative or anything creepy. We’re good.”
Pressing the topic further, host Alex Cooper asked once and for all if the singer’s name is, in fact, Avril Lavigne. “Obviously, I am me. It’s so dumb,” she responded with a laugh, before telling Cooper, “I knew you half believed it.”
This death hoax has surfaced several times in the last few years now returns heavily on th web.
The rumour that the real Avril Lavigne is dead and that has been replaced by an imposter keeps resurfacing.
The theory says because her supposed "death" occurred at the peak of her career, Ms Lavigne's record company hired a lookalike known as Melissa Vandella to impersonate her. Vandella was reportedly recruited beforehand to pose as the Canadian singer for paparazzi, the theory continues.
Nevertheless, the rumour that the real Avril Lavigne is dead and that has been replaced by an imposter keeps resurfacing. It’s the conspiracy that won’t quit, and to mark the 15th anniversary of her debut single ‘Complicated’, those claims have resurfaced.In 2012. It was said that Avril Lavigne was having a hard time dealing with fame after her debut album, Let Go was released. Because of this, her management team allegedly hired an Avril Lavigne look alike, Melissa Vandella, who ended up being good friends with the singer.
Melissa Vandella is the actress that replaced Avril Lavigne after the singer was killed in 2004, according to conspiracy theorists on Twitter.‘Complicated’, those claims have resurfaced.In 2002. It was said that Avril Lavigne was having a hard time dealing with fame after her debut album, Let Go was released. Because of this, her management team allegedly hired an Avril Lavigne look alike, Melissa Vandella, who ended up being good friends with the singer.
Ms Lavigne was also the victim of another rumour, which said that she'd been killed in a snowboarding accident.
Avril Lavigne hung out with her mum for Mother’s Day. She had a lovely time.
Happy Mother's Day to my incredible mother and everyone else's mom's out there! pic.twitter.com/IiBPYyWfFa
— Avril Lavigne (@AvrilLavigne) May 14, 2017
It claims that because Lavigne dropped her punky, skater aesthetic after the first album and opted for a more middle-of-the-road regular pop star vibe that means “you will realise that they seem to be two different people”.
A Brazilian blog, Avril Esta Morta (Avril is Dead), speculated several years back about the singer's death, pointing out what it said were inconsistencies in her skin. Images used on the blog have repeatedly appeared online to both support and dispute the claim.
Avril Lavigne actually killed herself and was replaced by a doppelganger. It even went so far as to include side-by-side comparisons to show that the “new” Avril was a fake.
