ToplineGrok, the chatbot integrated into Elon Musk’s X platform, misidentified a satirical version of Erika Kirk portrayed by comedian Druski as the real person, failing to properly recognize her nearly a day after Druski posted the skit posing as the Turning Point USA CEO. Druski published the video Wednesday night.Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images for ESSENCEKey FactsIn a video titled, “How Conservative Women in America act,” Druski, complete with a wig and makeup, impersonates Kirk and some of her recent public appearances following the assassination of her husband and conservative commentator Charlie Kirk.When provided a photo of Druski in the skit and asked who it was, Grok identified the comedian as Erika Kirk, falsely believing she was starring in the video herself.In another post asking it to confirm if Druski’s portrayal was Erika Kirk, Grok identified it as the real person, saying the “photo matches her public appearances, including podcast and event shots with the blonde hair, blue eyes, and makeup style.”When Forbes provided the screenshot of Druski dressed as Erika Kirk to Grok and asked, “Is this Erika Kirk,” it incorrectly identified the spoof as the real person, again citing its match to “publicly available images of her” including one used in a Fortune article “with the same intense expression, furrowed brows, blonde hair, blue eyes, heavy pink-toned makeup, and similar attire.”Forbes has reached out to X and Turning Point USA for comment.What Did Other Ai Models Say About The Spoof?Other popular chatbots did not identify the satirized version of Erika Kirk as the real one when Forbes provided it a photo and asked, “Is this Erika Kirk?” Google Gemini correctly identified the spoof, but incorrectly identified it as a face-swap meme. The chatbot wrongly claimed the image was the result of someone photoshopping Charlie Kirk’s face onto the face of YouTuber Trisha Paytas. Claude, the AI assistant developed by Anthropic, listed the facial features of Druski’s spoof version, but noted, “I'm not able to identify people from photos alone. I can't confirm whether this is Erika Kirk or not.” The chatbot asked for more context about the image. OpenAI’s ChatGPT followed Claude’s suit, saying it “can’t help confirm whether this is a specific person like Erika Kirk.”Chief CriticSports radio host Clay Travis blasted the timing of Druski’s video and its proximity to Charlie Kirk’s assassination, adding, “Honest question, if a prominent black leader had been assassinated & a white comedian put on blackface & mocked his widow, what would happen?” Big NumberDruski’s post of the video on X had more than 70 million impressions as of Thursday afternoon, while the video had 4 million likes on Instagram and nearly 4 million views on TikTok.Key BackgroundDruski, whose real name is Drew Desbordes, was ranked No. 9 on Forbes’s top creators list in 2025 with an estimated $14 million in earnings that year. He boasts 12.8 million followers on TikTok and 12 million followers on Instagram. The comedian, who is Black, has posted skits portraying white Americans before, publishing one last year titled, “That Guy who is just Proud to be American,” in which he sports a mullet, patriotic tattoos, sunburns and overalls, interacting with attendees and a driver at a NASCAR race. Conservative social media users criticized the video, arguing that doing “whiteface” should have the same consequences as dressing in blackface. In a follow-up video titled, “AM I CANCELLED ?????” Druski confidently smokes a cigarette to the tune of James Brown's "It's A Man's Man's Man's World.”Further ReadingGrok Restricted From Generating Sexualized Images Of People, X Says (Forbes)