Rumor Says ABC Fired Steve Harvey from ‘Family Feud’ After On-Air Slip-Up. Here’s the Truth.

The ABC TV network abruptly booted Steve Harvey off “Family Feud” following an on-air slip-up made during an interview with Oprah Winfrey.

In May 2024, some Facebook users received a paid ad in their feeds claiming ABC fired Steve Harvey from his hosting duties on “Family Feud” after nearly 14 years with the show.

The ad read, “Steve Harvey Abruptly Booted Off ‘Family Feud,’ and added, “Tensions Erupt After His On-Air Slip Up.”

A false Facebook ad leading to a scam claimed Steve Harvey was abruptly booted off Family Feud and was fired for making on-air remarks in an interview with Oprah Winfrey about a product purportedly made to treat erectile dysfunction called Canna Labs CBD Gummies.
This ad displayed to Facebook users in early May 2024.

However, this rumor was false. ABC hadn’t “booted” Harvey from “Family Feud,” nor had Oprah Winfrey interviewed him anytime recently. Further, the ad led to a scam falsely claiming Harvey had endorsed a product named Canna Labs CBD Gummies. He never endorsed CBD gummies of any kind. We looked for further information about Canna Labs CBD Gummies but mostly found scammy pages and videos listed in Google search results.

The ad led users to a fake CNN article on pastadibern.pro with the headline, “Steve Harvey Fired from ‘Family Feud’ After Shocking On-Air Confession to Oprah Winfrey.” (We could not successfully create a link to an archived version of the page.)