Elizabeth Holmes Claims New York Times Misquoted Her. The Reporter Speaks Out After ‘You Can See Everything’ Release: ‘I Wish I’d Kept That Notebook’
In the documentary “You Can See Everything,” Elizabeth Holmes tries to convince Nathan Fielder that she was misquoted by The New York Times. “They’re not playing me. They’re playing a character I created,” the disgraced Theranos founder is quoted as saying in a 2023 profile. She was talking about actors portraying her in movies and […]
The New York Times reporter Elizabeth Holmes, who accused her fellow journalist of misquoting her in the documentary "You Can See Everything," is now speaking out to defend herself and the accuracy of her reporting. In a 2023 New York Times profile, Holmes claimed that the reporter misquoted her, stating, "They’re not playing me.
They’re playing a character I created," in reference to actors portraying her in film and TV projects, including Amanda Seyfried in "The Dropout." Holmes told the documentary filmmaker Nathan Fielder that she actually said, "They’re playing a character ‘they’ created." Fielder became obsessed with this quote, which haunted the rest of the film.
Holmes' editor confirmed the quote with her in 2023 and believed the matter was resolved. However, the quote resurfaced years later, leading Holmes to express her regret for not keeping the notebook with the highlighted and documented quote.
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