{"id":7028,"date":"2026-06-27T00:37:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T00:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/real-housewives-alum-accused-of-photoshopping-her-face-onto-models-body\/"},"modified":"2026-06-27T00:37:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T00:37:00","slug":"real-housewives-alum-accused-of-photoshopping-her-face-onto-models-body","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/real-housewives-alum-accused-of-photoshopping-her-face-onto-models-body\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Real Housewives&#8217; alum accused of Photoshopping her face onto model&#8217;s body"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F3%2F2026%2F06%2F132408706.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cReal Housewives of Potomac\u201d alum Mia Thornton has been accused of Photoshopping her face onto influencer Sophie O\u2019Neill\u2019s body in a recent social media upload.<\/p>\n<p>In a since-deleted Instagram post, the 41-year-old reality star shared a photo of her wearing a white dress featuring a plunging neckline and holding a small white Birkin.<\/p>\n<p>The only problem? The pic bears an uncanny resemblance to a snap O\u2019Neill uploaded in 2025 \u2014 and the model was quick to call it out in Thornton\u2019s comment section.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cReal Housewives of Potomac\u201d alum Mia Thornton was accused of Photoshopping her face onto influencer Sophie O\u2019Neill\u2019s body in a recent Instagram post, seen above. <span class=\"credit\">Mia Thornton\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>In the photo, Thornton sported the same white dress with plunging neckline and a white Birkin bag as O\u2019Neill (pictured here).  <span class=\"credit\">Sophie O\u0092Neill\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201c@mrsmiathornton \u2014 super imposing yourself onto my picture. The world is a very scary place these days \u2014 this is just sad,\u201d she wrote. \u201cPlease can you remove the picture of ME with your head on it. Thanks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After being confronted, Thornton followed up the post with another picture showing herself sitting down inside a restaurant in the same dress, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/tvshowbiz\/article-15933053\/Real-Housewives-Mia-Thorton-photoshop.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">per the Daily Mail<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNever needed clout,\u201d she captioned the photo. \u201cMy name carries enough weight on its own.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet me guess, what\u2019s her name has a photo sitting down inside the restaurant too,\u201d Thornton added.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>O\u2019Neill quickly called out Thornton (pictured above in a selfie) saying, \u201cThe world is a very scary place these days \u2014 this is just sad.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Mia Thornton\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>The former Bravolebrity (pictured above on an episode of \u201cWatch What Happens Live\u201d) responded to the uproar with another post showing her in the same outfit but sitting down inside a restaurant. <span class=\"credit\">Charles Sykes\/Bravo via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>But fans weren\u2019t buying it. \u201cShe didn\u2019t even try to hide it,\u201d one netizen responded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo you asked chat GPT to make you sit down in a restaurant setting ok girl. Go away from us with this,\u201d another wrote. <\/p>\n<p>A third person added: \u201cYou can ask AI to make the person sit down lol. You would need a screen recorded video with a series of all pics in this outfit and location timestamped.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Thornton (pictured above in an episode of \u201cThe Real Housewives of Potomac\u201d) captioned the post: \u201cNever needed clout. My name carries enough weight on its own.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Clifton Prescod\/Bravo via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>But fans weren\u2019t falling for Thornton\u2019s upload as one sounded off accusing Thornton (seen above sitting between Jacqueline Blake and Wendy Osefo in an episode of \u201cReal Housewives of Potomac\u201d) of using Chat GPT to crafter the new image. <span class=\"credit\">Salvatore DeMaio\/Bravo via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The incident sparked a widespread social media joke as several reality stars \u2014 including \u201cReal Housewives\u201d stars <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DaBSaKmpVzW\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tamra Judge<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DaDzdbNJnBJ\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sher\u00e9e Whitfield<\/a> \u2014 joined in on the fun by superimposing their faces on O\u2019Neill\u2019s body in the white dress. <\/p>\n<p>Thornton again to the commotion regarding her latest social media fail on Thursday with another upload.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTwo seasons off Potomac\u2026 Y\u2019all still talking about me. I\u2019m busy adding 000\u2019s to my bottom line with AI. We are not the same. \ud83d\udc8b #therealdeal #bornentertainer,\u201d the former Bravolebrity captioned her post, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/stylish\/news\/rhops-mia-reacts-to-claims-she-edited-face-onto-models-body\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">per Us Weekly<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Thornton (pictured above on an episode of \u201cWatch What Happens Live\u201d) commented on the incident once more on Thursday with another since-deleted post. <span class=\"credit\">Charles Sykes\/Bravo via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cTwo seasons off \u2018Potomac\u2019\u2026 Y\u2019all still talking about me. I\u2019m busy adding 000\u2019s to my bottom line with AI. We are not the same,\u201d Thornton (pictured above at the \u201cRHOP\u201d Season 9 premiere party in October 2024) said.  <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The pictures have since been deleted, but not before Thornton chose to respond to a fan in her comments. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cMia do you, but please don\u2019t steal that ladies body anymore mmmkay \ud83e\udd2d\ud83d\ude4c\ud83c\udffd,\u201d the commenter wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Thornton wrote back: \u201cShe cute tho. And we got her her 20 seconds of fame. So mission accomplished. Y\u2019all did your big one!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/06\/26\/celebrity-news\/real-housewives-alum-accused-of-photoshopping-her-face-onto-models-body\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cReal Housewives of Potomac\u201d alum Mia Thornton has been accused of Photoshopping her face onto<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7029,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7028","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/132408706.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7028","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7028"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7028\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}