The denial – "Please know that Bruce has no partnership or agreement with this Deepcake company" – is carefully worded to be true even if he had an agreement at

The denial – "Please know that Bruce has no partnership or agreement with this Deepcake company" – is carefully worded to be true even if he had an agreement at some previous time. Deepcake itself denies ever claiming that they'd bought any rights from Willis, only that they had his permission to create a deepfake. And, "The BBC asked Willis's agent whether he had ever worked with Deepcake, or whether the quote used by the company was accurate. The BBC has not yet received a response."