A FRANK letter purporting to be from the late Sean Connery to Apple boss Steve Jobs has gone viral on social media… but it is 100% absolutely, utter havers.
The December 1998 letter has the James Bond star telling the tech guru that he’s not interested in fronting any adverts.
"I will say this one more time," it begins. "You do understand English, don’t you? I do not sell my soul for Apple or any other company. I have no interest in ‘changing the world’ as you suggest. You have nothing that I need or want. You are a computer salesman — I am f*****g JAMES BOND!"
The letter first did the rounds on social media back in 2011, but with the Edinburgh born movie star’s death on Saturday, it’s being widely shared yet again.
I enjoyed this letter from Sean Connery to Steve Jobs. pic.twitter.com/qSv13CDEsr
— James Delinis (@jamesdcos) November 1, 2020
The letter is a fake, first published by the niche satirical news website Scoopertino, which describes itself as "an imaginary news organization devoted to ferreting out the most relevant stories in the world of Apple, whether or not they actually occurred."
The story that ran alongside the letter said that Jobs was a lifelong fan of James Bond and that he wanted to name the iMac computer the "Double-O-Mac".
Connery was known for his frankness, and he certainly never advertised Apple, but no, the letter is not true.
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