Hilarie Burton Calls Out 'Freak' Woman Who's Creating Fake Social Profiles of Her Son Gus, 14: 'She's Broken Laws'

Mar. 15, 2025

Hilarie Burton and son Gus.Photo:Hilarie Burton/Instagram

Hilarie Burton/Instagram

Hilarie Burtonis voicing concerns as an online user makes fake social media accounts pretending to be her son.

“Hi gang. Need a little help,” she began, “I don’t have TikTok and neither does our son. But there’s this creep chick who is obsessed with him and keeps creating profiles on various platforms.”

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She joked, “I get it. He’s awesome,” before calling her a “freak for stealing the identity of a 14 year old boy.”

“We’ve reached out to her parents. To her directly,” the mom of two adds. “We’ve contacted law enforcement. Because of certain actions she’s taken, she’s broken laws.'

She also asks her followers to report the account, writing, “So please do me a favor if you have that platform. Report her.”

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Hilarie Burton and children Gus and George.Hilarie Burton/Instagram

Burton and Dean Morgan are also parents to daughter George, 6. The actress recently opened up to PEOPLE aboutthe honest way she discusses hormone changes with her children, as Gus begins puberty and she embarks on her perimenopause journey.

“I talked to my teenage son about how I’m going through hormone changes while he’s going through hormone changes,” Burton shared with PEOPLE. “Being a mother, it is really important. We get to raise a whole new generation of kids that are talking about it from the jump. It’s not some secret that they learn decades into their life.”

Hilarie Burton and Jeffrey Dean Morgan’s family.Hilarie Burton/Instagram

Gus is in high school now, and Burton said the puberty conversation came up when he was “freaking out about something.”

“I was like, ‘My guy, it’s not real. This is your body having a chemical reaction that is making it feel bigger than it is the same way mom sometimes freaks out because my body’s having a chemical reaction,’ " she recalled telling her son. “And so being able to have those conversations with your kids is really helpful.”

source: people.com