Gee, that viral pic of Mia Farrow and Philip Roth watching 'Sharknado' looks awfully familiar

A sentence I never expected to type: This is a photo of @MiaFarrow and Philip Roth watching Sharknado: https://t.co/VWioZy0h15

— Richard Deitsch (@richarddeitsch) July 12, 2013

.@MiaFarrow and Philip Roth watching #SharkNado together is proof there is a higher power http://t.co/RzjIObzeOe

— TheReelist (@TheReelist) July 12, 2013

Here's @MiaFarrow and Philip Roth watching Sharknado: http://t.co/yLTaO35h5X #Rothnado

— Slate Culture (@SlateCulture) July 12, 2013

The Twitterverse squeed with delight Thursday night when actress Mia Farrow joined the #Sharknado frenzy with this now-deleted tweet:

https://twitter.com/MiaFarrow/status/355518822020685824

Sorry to rain on the “Sharknado” parade, but Farrow and author Philip Roth posed for that photo weeks ago, according to this June 1 tweet.

Last night's dinner w Philip Roth pic.twitter.com/KWhCwjjUS3

— Mia Farrow (@MiaFarrow) June 1, 2013

Guys, @MiaFarrow wasn’t watching #Sharknado with Philip Roth. She was joking, like everyone else was. https://t.co/PCjwfUtx5k

— Mark Horowitz (@MarkHorowitz) July 12, 2013

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People: if you look back at @MiaFarrow 's feed, you'll see Roth picture was from a dinner party weeks ago. "Sharknado" tweet was a joke.

— Glenn Kenny (@Glenn__Kenny) July 12, 2013

Don’t stop believin’:

Shut up they were watching Sharknado! MT @markhor Guys, @MiaFarrow wasn’t watching Sharknado w/Roth. She was joking. https://t.co/YjulEsAkqJ

— Mark Athitakis (@mathitak) July 12, 2013

Paging Slate and Gawker.