🚨 UPDATE: it’s now been confirmed that the boy in this photo has a serious medical disorder. CNN called it a degenerative muscle disease, while investigative journalist David Collier said it was “cerebral palsy, hypoxemia, and was born with a serious genetic disorder.” Though…

— HonestReporting (@HonestReporting) July 27, 2025

We believe this child is suffering from a medical condition, though it hasn’t been confirmed. What we do know is this: the version published in the media cropped out his healthy older brother, who appears in other shots from the same photo shoot. pic.twitter.com/evCz94GFoo

— HonestReporting (@HonestReporting) July 27, 2025