

“My nephew Thomas was so super excited… he ran to school. Henry Cavill only recounted it in 2013, when he sat for his interview with Jay Leno. This incident involving his nephew, Thomas, actually happened in 2011 when Henry first learned that he would be playing Superman in Zack Snyder’s film. So all those viral and celebrity websites that claimed that Henry Cavill confirmed this “in the last few hours” lied to you.įact #2 : Superman Uncle Incident Happened In 2011 He also told Kelly and Ryan this same story on their show in July 2018.

Henry Cavill actually recounted this incident back in June 2013 in an interview with Jay Leno on The Tonight Show. Here are the facts…įact #1 : Henry Cavill Talked About It In 2013 + 2018 Many websites resurrected this story to “go viral” and make money. Henry Cavill Did Not Help Nephew Prove Superman Is His Uncle!Īs endearing as this story is, it was really fabricated from an old but true story from 2011. The news was confirmed in the last few hours by Cavill himself, reiterating that he had saved his nephew from a bad punishment, given his reputation for “telling lies” And the kid ended up at the office…Īn officer was asked to see him, to warn the child not to live in a fantasy world.Īs the doubt remained, she called her brother-in-law, asking him to go to school to “save” her nephew, who was radiant for all his little friends to see that he was really Superman’s nephew! The teacher then explained that Superman didn’t exist, but Thomas insisted, repeating numerous times that he existed, and that he was his uncle. “Because Superman is my uncle,” he replied. Little Thomas, aged only 7, went to school dressed as Superman and the teacher asked why he was dressed like this.

The day Uncle Cavill had to prove his nephew was not a liar.
