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A Famous Pug Was Kidnapped in the French Countryside. It Was All a Hoax.

Summary by Vanity Fair
Seven days after Cyril Schreiner announced that Albert the pug had been kidnapped, he admitted to his nearly 12 million followers across TikTok, Instagram, and Snapchat that he’d made the whole thing up. But why?

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A Famous Pug Was Kidnapped in the French Countryside. It Was All a Hoax.

Seven days after Cyril Schreiner announced that Albert the pug had been kidnapped, he admitted to his nearly 12 million followers across TikTok, Instagram, and Snapchat that he’d made the whole thing up. But why?

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Vanity Fair broke the news in United States on Thursday, February 19, 2026.
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