Why the viral conspiracy claims Uma Thurman is an 'alien'

A new twist on Hollywood theories: actress Uma Thurman is supposedly an alien, and the 'proof' lies in two films released 18 years apart, a Lovecraftian meteorite and a model mother. The pattern, however, is more trolling than evidence.

For days now, a thread has been circulating in certain corners of the internet claiming to prove that Uma Thurman is not of this world. The argument mixes two romantic comedies: 'My Stepmother Is an Alien' (1988, starring Kim Basinger) and 'My Super Ex-Girlfriend' (2006, by Ivan Reitman). According to the theory, the first film was 'trolling' with the presence of guitarist Stanley Jordan, while the second antiestéticatures an Uma Thurman with powers from a Lovecraftian meteorite, from which it is inferred that the actress must be a real alien. The conspiracy leans on old internet rumors linking her mother, model Nena von Schlebrügge, to 'indigo children' theories or beings from other planets.

The pattern doesn't hold up. 'My Stepmother Is an Alien' was directed by Richard Benjamin, not Reitman. The supposed link between the two films doesn't exist: they are two independent productions separated by 18 years, both from the subgenre of romantic comedy with aliens, a common narrative trick in Hollywood to avoid paying copyright fees. That Basinger and Thurman appear in films with extraterrestrial themes proves nothing, except that 2000s screenwriters liked the magic meteorite device.

Theories that celebrities are aliens are nothing new. Keanu Reeves, Jessica Alba and Uma Thurman herself have been the subject of similar hoaxes on forums and social media. The psychology behind it is simple: the need to believe that other people's success has a supernatural explanation. As the data analysis wryly notes, 'Uma's Lovecraftian meteorite was marrying Ethan Hawke, not stepping off a UFO.'

The conclusion is that there is no conspiracy, just a thought experiment trying to connect dots that don't exist. The only real pattern is the recurrence of the same urban legend which, adapted to each era, turns celebrities into beings from another world to justify what society cannot otherwise explain.