It turns out that a LA Clippers employee concocted the dating rumors between Taylor Swift and Austin Reaves, which utterly swept the globe.

According to Fox Sports, social media design associate Zain Fahimullah, 24, has identified themselves as the individual responsible for the initial tweet. 

After visiting family in New York, Fahimullah informed Fox that he was about to board a flight back to Los Angeles when he noticed that the divorce between Swift and The 1975 band member Matty Healy was trending on Twitter.

“On his Twitter account, RefrigeratorLAL, he posted side-by-side photos of Swift and Reaves with the caption, ‘Taylor Swift was reportedly spotted in an Arkansas bar this weekend with star Laker basketball player Austin Reaves,'” Fox’s Melissa Rohlin wrote.

“Since I work for the Clippers, I didn’t want to tweet it off my primary account, so I tweeted it off my burner account,” Lakers fan Fahimullah told FOX Sports last week.”

Consequently, why did Fahimullah choose to do this?

“Austin is the summertime darling of the Lakers, a trendsetting boy,” he explained in reference to his selection of Reaves. “He inked this [four-year, $54 million] contract just now. He intends to join Team USA. Furthermore, the juxtaposition of Austin Reaves and Taylor Swift enhances the comedic effect. Austin was this rural youth, comparable to a farmer. Furthermore, Taylor Swift is a megastar. Consequently, I believe that is the reason I selected him.”

The search volume for the terms “Austin Reaves” and “Taylor Swift” literally increased from zero to one hundred on Google Trends.

The original tweet has garnered more than four million views, while it has received over seven million views on other pages.Even Reaves’ brother commented on the post at the time, finding it to be absolutely amusing.He stated, in reposting one of the tweets, “Austin’s attendance at the bar is the most implausible aspect of this entire situation.”Fahimullah expressed some trepidation regarding the situation after the post went viral, telling FOX, “I felt a little uneasy once the controversy began to circulate and individuals began discussing it with Austin.” I exclaimed, “Damn.” It seemed excessive that he should be required to respond to these inquiries. “I truly felt awful.”