BILL Gates has been accused of implanting microchips in vegan meat by a right-wing TV producer.
Ilona Braverman, a Newsmax producer, was discussing the Microsoft founder's line of imitation meats, Impossible Foods, during a recent live segment when she raised the bizarre conspiracy theory.
Anti-vaxxers and conspiracy theorists have previously accused Gates of putting microchips in Covid 19 vaccines.
The theory has been repeatedly and thoroughly debunked.
But this appears to be the first time anyone has accused him of adding it to his line of vegan products.
In the Newsmax segment, host Eric Bolling had asked Braverman whether she can differentiate vegan meat from a real patty.
But the producer immediately rejected the idea of eating plant-based meat.
"I want to eat something that’s real, that’s the real thing that came from the Earth…
"Not out of a lab that’s …made of chemicals, implanted with chips," she said, referring to the odd conspiracy theory.
"I don’t want to eat Bill Gates’ plate of fake meat," Braverman added on live TV.
Bolling agreed with Braverman that he would prefer to eat real meat, but he emphasized that the Impossible Burger and vegan meat are soy-based.
"They're actually really from the earth," he responded to Braverman.
People responded to the video of Braverman's accusation of Bill Gates.
One person tweeted: "Soy burgers! They're just soy burgers, not lab-grown meat with 'chips' in them. I don't personally eat soy burgers, but JFC, they're safe to eat!"
"Whaaaaat! Talk about misinformation!" one commented.
"Guessing [Braverman has] never visited a slaughterhouse," another person tweeted.
Conspiracy theories involving Gates and microchips came to prominence during coronavirus pandemic.
The theories and Covid misinformation caused a major obstacle to vaccination programs.
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