I Found Out Why Jamie Lee Curtis Has Been Saying She Invented Instagram, And I'm Surprised I Never Heard This Story Before

For years now, Jamie Lee Curtis has claimed she invented Instagram.

A young Jamie
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And those claims have been bubbling up lately.

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People are just finding out for themselves.

They're talking about it.

And they're calling Instagram out.

A clip of Jamie Lee saying she invented Instagram on a bunch of shows is also going viral.

I needed to know the *real* story behind her statements.

So I did a little research and found out why she claims this.

Close-up of Jamie
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Here's her reasoning:

"As soon as iPhones came out and we started taking pictures, I thought, I'm a photographer. So I started something called 'Iphoneys' at blogspot.com," she explained.

Jamie on a SiriusXM show
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"And it was photo sharing ... all my friends who were photographers would send me the picture, and I would upload it to my blogspot called Iphoneys," she continued.

Jamie on Sirius
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"It was before Instagram, and you can look at it because of the date ... it's still up there!" Jamie added.

Jamie on Sirius
Sirius

"Funny enough, the day that Instagram was announced, they stopped," she said.

Jamie on Sirius
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Well, that's certainly a story.

Woman looking amazed
Woman looking amazed

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And the site really is still up.

The Iphoneys site logo

So, do what you want with this information.

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I would like to believe it.