Most of us would love to wake up one morning to a transaction history that looks like Evan Solis’ Venmo account. In late February, the University of Mississippi student and Kappa Sigma member’s Venmo saw hundreds of incoming payments — the vast majority of which were from men sharing their condolences with Solis. “I’m so sorry for you bro. Hope this helps,” reads the first one.


The bros dropping cash and pick-me-ups in Solis’ account appeared after a rumor went viral that his girlfriend Mary Kate Cornett, a student at Ole Miss, had cheated on him with his father. Cornell and Solis, however, both say this rumor is blatantly untrue.


Even still, in just one day, the rumor — which seems to have originated from a Snapchat message — turned into viral news fodder. Cornett claims that its quick spread was in part facilitated by social media personalities with ties to Barstool Sports like Kevin “KFC” Clancy (who shared the news in a since-deleted X post captioned, “All the alleged details and alleged pictures you need about this alleged story about a girl allegedly named Mary Kate who allegedly slept with her boyfriend’s dad”) and sports personalities including ESPN College GameDay’s Pat McAfee (who publicly shared the rumors on camera). Cornett also accused former NFL star Antonio Brown of sharing the rumor. 



Then came the social media posts — hundreds and hundreds of them — and the very fake ads on X for the “real porn video” of it all, like this one and this one. The affair news even led to the creation of a meme coin, dubbed MKC (Cornett’s initials). The coin surged by 654 percent on Solana blockchain in the first day, but has since tanked.




On February 27th, Cornett and her family posted a statement denouncing the cyberbullying attack and linked to a GoFundMe page aimed at “[providing] seed capital establishing a foundation focused on helping innocent victims of similar defamatory cyber attacks.”


Cornett directly pointed her finger toward “irresponsible independent social media influencers with apparent ties to Barstool Sports” as well as Brown and McAfee, who she says “shared these utter and complete lies with zero interest in the truth.” Cornett added that “no one affiliated with these organizations ever reached out to us for comment.” She has reportedly received death threats, and has filed a police report. “Most alarmingly, my personal contact information has been doxed [and] illegally shared publicly, putting my personal safety at risk,” Cornett wrote. “Many notes sent suggest I even take my own life.”



After Cornett posted her statement, Solis took to Instagram to share his, calling the accusations against both Cornett and his dad “unequivocally false.”



That didn’t stop the Venmo payments, though, which continued for another day. “We’re all in ur corner buddy. Go break your dads kneecaps,” reads one with 22 likes. “Bang her mom, that’s what I would do! Head up buddy,” proclaims another with 31 likes; “Buy some coffee Zyns with this, you deserve it boss man,” offers a third with 17 likes. (It’s also worth noting that at some point on February 26th, Solis’ Venmo account was labeled as “inactive,” meaning it was either frozen or deactivated. But the label is now gone, and the account is back up.)


It’s pretty likely that the majority of the bros sending Solis money have either seen his statement denying the claims or can detect bullshit well enough to know that this is a baseless rumor. But still, even after both Solis and Cornett denied the claims, the Venmos kept rolling in — just as the harassment campaign continued for Cornett (no bros appeared to Venmo Cornett for their condolences about this).


So, will Solis accept all of these payments with a thumbs up emoji? Or will he donate them to Cornett’s GoFundMe? I reached out to Solis for comment and will update this story with any response.


In the meantime, here’s a snapshot of some of the Venmo payments Solis has received for being the butt of a joke — although he’s certainly not the loser.