Mary Kate Cornett still has no idea how she got thrown into insane viral affair scandal

University of Mississippi student Mary Kate Cornett said she has “no idea” how a false internet rumor alleging she slept with her boyfriend’s father that went viral in February originated.During a sitdown with NBC News that aired on Wednesday, Cornett recalled hearing from friends that a rumor had spread on YikYak, an anonymous messaging-based app, about a college student at Ole Miss and in her Kappa Delta sorority, who was sleeping with her boyfriend’s father.  Cornett’s name and photo were then attached to the rumor, and it became a topic of conversation on ESPN’s “The Pat McAfee Show” on Feb.26.

She was 18 at the time.“No clue.No clue.

I had zero, zero, zero knowledge of this,” Cornett, now 19, said when asked if she knew how the rumor started.“Within two-and-a-half hours [it became a top trending topic on X.] “Later that night, around 7 p.m., I was No.

1 trending in the United States.I just felt so helpless and so alone because so many people were hating on me for something that I had no idea anything about.” Cornett, whose phone number was shared online due to the rumor, said she received thousands of calls, texts and voicemails — some containing harassing messaging and death threats.

“Calling me a whore, calling me a slut, telling me I deserve to die,” she recalled.“… All because of an internet rumor that has zero truth to it.

Zero.”Cornett added that she was getting looks on campus, could barely leave her dorm room and had to switch to online classes.“It was so insane.It all happened so fast,” she continued.

“I was just in shambles.I just felt so helpless and so alone because so many people were hating on me for something that I had no idea anything about.” Cornett explained that she’s worried her life is “ruined” because her name will be attached to the situation forever, and she wants justice.“I want these famous people to know that I was not famous before this,” she said.

“I am not a publi...