Smosh Reads Reddit Stories

The Lies Never End | Reading Reddit Stories

February 28, 2026

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  • The hosts introduced the episode's theme of 'liars' and discussed their personal abilities to detect deception, with one host admitting to being overly trusting. 
  • The first Reddit story involved a man lying to his girlfriend's parents about being on a diet to avoid eating their potentially unsanitary cooking, leading to conflict with his girlfriend. 
  • A second story detailed a person faking a spinal injury using a torso splint to avoid paying a $30 late fee at Blockbuster, which the hosts found both hilarious and morally questionable due to the nature of the lie. 
  • The hosts analyzed a deeply disturbing case where parents gaslit their adult daughter by fabricating a decade-old story about her meeting her current husband through soliciting a threesome, demonstrating extreme denial and lack of accountability. 
  • The discussion highlighted the psychological phenomenon where pathological liars, like the father in the story, may eventually start believing their own intricate fabrications. 
  • The final story revealed the meta-issue of Reddit story addiction, where a wife's fabrication of disturbing scenarios for TikTok clout nearly destroyed her marriage, but ultimately led to a positive intervention through public accountability and subsequent therapy. 

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Intro and Liar Perception
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  • Key Takeaway: The hosts established the episode theme as ’liars’ and assessed their own skills in detecting dishonesty.
  • Summary: Shayne introduced the theme of ’liars’ for the Smosh Reads Reddit Stories episode. Trevor admitted to being a very trusting person, often leaning toward believing others unless given a reason not to. Arasha noted that she tends to suspect people are lying even when they are telling the truth, citing a past instance regarding Amanda’s pregnancy.
Diet Lie to Avoid Cooking
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  • Key Takeaway: Lying about a diet to avoid eating food contaminated with excessive pet hair is generally considered justifiable by the hosts.
  • Summary: The first story involved a man lying to his girlfriend’s parents that he was on a diet to avoid their cooking, which was covered in animal hair from numerous pets. The hosts largely agreed he was NTA, suggesting the lie was harmless to spare feelings, though the girlfriend reacted strongly to the deception. The situation highlighted the difficulty of refusing food, especially in cultures where hospitality is paramount.
Faking Spinal Injury for Blockbuster
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(00:18:16)
  • Key Takeaway: Faking a serious medical condition, like a spinal injury, to avoid a minor $30 late fee at Blockbuster is viewed as a severe lie.
  • Summary: The second story detailed a person faking a torso splint from a girlfriend’s car accident to get a $30 late fee waived at Blockbuster and receive a free rental. The hosts acknowledged the humor in the situation but condemned the lie as manipulative, especially since it involved faking a serious injury that others genuinely suffer from. The poster successfully obtained the movie How High but never returned it.
Lying to Support Girlfriend’s Singing
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(00:25:21)
  • Key Takeaway: Encouraging a beginner’s artistic pursuit with false praise (‘crazy talented’) and pushing them online can lead to severe public humiliation when met with harsh internet criticism.
  • Summary: A man repeatedly lied to his girlfriend, telling her she was ‘crazy talented’ at songwriting and singing, which encouraged her to post videos on TikTok. When her video went viral on a cringe page with harsh comments, she felt humiliated and blamed his lies for exposing her vulnerability. The consensus was that the boyfriend was the asshole for prioritizing easy support over honest, constructive feedback.
Editing Wikipedia as a Joke
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(00:46:20)
  • Key Takeaway: A 14-year-old’s joke edit on a K-pop idol’s Wikipedia page, falsely claiming his former stage name was ‘Sacre Bleu,’ spread as fake news across multiple international sites.
  • Summary: The poster admitted to editing a K-pop idol’s Wikipedia page as a joke, inserting the fake stage name ‘Sacre Bleu,’ which was not immediately corrected by moderators. This misinformation spread to fan pages and international Wikipedia versions, causing confusion for years. The hosts ultimately placed the blame on news outlets and sites that failed to fact-check the information beyond the initial Wikipedia entry.
Parents Spreading Inappropriate Lies
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(00:52:36)
  • Key Takeaway: Parents fabricating an elaborate, inappropriate story about their daughter meeting her current husband during a solicited threesome with her ex-husband constitutes gaslighting and justifies avoiding them.
  • Summary: The poster discovered her parents had told her aunt a false, highly inappropriate story about how she met her husband, claiming it involved soliciting a threesome while separated from her ex. When confronted, the parents gaslit her, claiming she told them the story, and the lie had been circulating for years. The poster began avoiding her parents after this discovery, questioning if her reaction was justified.
Parents’ Decade-Long Lie Exposed
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  • Key Takeaway: The OP’s parents maintained a fabricated, scandalous story about her meeting her husband for nearly ten years, even doubling down and gaslighting her when confronted.
  • Summary: The parents claimed the OP met her husband while soliciting for a threesome with her ex-husband, a story the OP repeatedly denied. When confronted, the parents insisted the OP told them this story, leading to gaslighting and shifting blame. The discovery of this lie was confirmed when a cousin revealed the father had told the same story to her husband eight years prior.
Analyzing Parental Denial and Gaslighting
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(00:56:32)
  • Key Takeaway: The hosts found the parents’ unwavering commitment to the lie, coupled with an apology only for upsetting the OP rather than for the lie itself, indicative of deep-seated denial or pathological behavior.
  • Summary: The situation was described as a ’lasagna of insanity’ due to the multiple layers of fabrication and denial. The parents demanded forgiveness and shifted responsibility onto the OP for her mother’s subsequent crying. A commenter suggested the father might be a pathological liar who tells wild stories about people the OP doesn’t know.
Ex-Husband’s Potential Role Explored
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  • Key Takeaway: A possibility was raised that the ex-husband, whom the parents disliked, might have initially supplied the false narrative to the parents.
  • Summary: A listener questioned if the ex-husband told the parents the story, but the OP refuted this, stating the parents hated the ex more than they did. The OP confirmed her divorce was amicable and that her father still frequently brought up the divorce negatively around her and her current husband, H.
Wife’s Reddit Story Addiction
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  • Key Takeaway: A husband detailed his wife’s addiction to creating fabricated, often disturbing, Reddit stories for TikTok clout, leading to job repercussions and marital crisis.
  • Summary: The wife was spending 9 to 13 hours daily on Reddit and TikTok, writing fictional, sensationalized stories, including one titled ‘I Caught My Husband with My Daughter.’ The husband threatened separation if she did not seek therapy, as her behavior was impacting her work ethic and mental state.
Addiction, Accountability, and Relationship Health
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(01:07:36)
  • Key Takeaway: The husband’s empathetic response, holding his wife accountable while actively supporting her recovery through counseling and affection, demonstrated a strong commitment to the relationship.
  • Summary: The hosts noted the danger of creating fiction presented as truth, contrasting it with healthy creative outlets. The husband’s update showed the wife agreed to counseling after realizing the severity of her actions, and he responded by increasing positive reinforcement, such as packing her lunch and buying flowers daily.