Altered video purportedly shows Snoop, Oz hawking gummies (2025)

Dr. Mehmet Oz, a heart surgeon, former talk show host and President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, has recently appeared with other celebrities in altered videos that purport to show them hawking a treatment for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD.

First, it was actor Kevin Costner, and then singer Reba McEntire.

Now, rapper Snoop Dogg is making a cameo in a video shared Jan. 5 on Facebook.
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Among the clues that the video isn’t authentic: Snoop Dog’s mispronunciation of "profiteers" as "profile tears" and "Dr. Memo Dolls" instead of "Dr. Mehmet Oz."

"If you don’t want to end up dying from COPD, and its complications, don’t fall for those greedy profile tears," Snoop Dogg appeared to say in the video as those words appeared below. "Listen, I’ve been smoking for decades, and I’m not here to sell you anything. But if you truly want to quit for good and heal the damage done to your body, you’ve got to try this. I’ve teamed up with Dr. Memo Dolls to take on the be pharmaceutical companies."

The video then cut to Oz who appeared to say: "Picture this, just two gummies on an empty stomach each and in three days your oxygen levels could be back to normal."

The audio in the video doesn’t match the movement of Snoop Dogg or Oz’s mouths.

The original footage of Snoop Dogg is from Dec. 23, when ESPN posted a video of him discussing sports. He doesn’t talk about COPD or Oz.

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We’ve previously fact-checked and found false claims that Oz was promoting COPD gummies and that a video showed Snoop Dogg recommending gummies "for quitting smoking."

In December 2012, Oz posted a Facebook message thanking people for reporting "fraudulent ads" through a page on his "Oz Watch" website.

"Remember," he said. "I don’t endorse anything, so if you see something using my name or likeness, it’s fake!"

COPD "is (currently) an incurable disease," according to the COPD Foundation, a nonprofit that aims to ultimately stop chronic lung diseases. "But with the right diagnosis and treatment, there are many things you can do to breathe better and enjoy life and live for many years."

We rate claims this video of Oz and Snoop Dogg is authentic False.

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