Mario Lopez deletes AI-generated niece-eating-hotdog clip, after fans call it “creepy”
It’s one slop too far.
Mario Lopez. NBC via Getty Images.
- Mario Lopez deleted an AI-generated video of his niece after critics called it creepy and inappropriate.
- The clip showed an exaggerated mess while she ate giant hotdogs and drew nearly 3 million views before removal.
- Pop culture journalist Yashar Ali and other X users criticized the post, while some defended Lopez against the backlash.
- The reaction highlights growing concern over AI-made images and videos involving real people, especially children and relatives.
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A family day at a Dodgers baseball game took an unexpected turn when Mario Lopez, the Saved by the Bell star, posted a controversial AI-generated video of his niece making a huge mess while eating two giant hotdogs.
Originally, Lopez, who is also an entertainment reporter and television host, had posted a normal video of the baseball action, but later followed it up with an exaggerated effort with extra dripping sauce, content which many viewed as “creepy” and inappropriate.
The clip was eventually deleted by Lopez, but while it was online, it racked up almost 3 million views. Among the critics were fans and journalists.
In particular, pop culture journalist Yashar Ali lambasted the post by exclaiming, “uhhhh, what a creepy video for Mario Lopez to create using AI and then post, especially since the subject is his niece!”
Uhhhh, what a creepy video for Mario Lopez to create using AI and then post…
undefined Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) August 3, 2026
Especially since the subject is his niece! pic.twitter.com/3hgKxYnUdz
The reaction on X was expectantly a potpourri of different opinions. One X user commented, “The layers to this are mind-boggling,” before adding that it is a “terrible AI slop video.”
Another poster defended it, however, by opining that “not everyone has a dirty mind.”
He’s not the only one at it
A couple of years ago, such a video would have caused shock and stirred the online community. Nowadays, the churn of AI slop seems to keep on producing at a constant rate.
President Donald Trump has, on several occasions, been gung-ho about sharing AI content. In the past year alone, he has caricatured the Democrat opposition as “woke pieces of s***,” depicted former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama as apes, and posted a video of plans to transform the wartorn Gaza into a “Riviera resort.”
And just last week, the White House released an animated AI video of Trump and Vice President JD Vance in the style of Rick and Morty. The video included a scene in which border czar Tom Homan arrests an “illegal alien” immigrant depicted as a struggling extraterrestrial.
