Who is Gesine Bullock-Prado? Sandra Bullock issues statement after her sister critiques Meta over multiple fake profiles

Sandra Bullock's sister, Gesine Bullock-Prado is an American pastry chef, TV personality, author, attorney, and former film executive.

Gesine took to Instagram on February 2, noting that many people were pretending to be her on Facebook. She shared screenshots of several fake profiles and mentioned that users have been scammed out of thousands of dollars by fake profiles impersonating her.

"I spend multiple times a day reporting fakes, dealing with weird & scary emails to my BUSINESS and HOME from men who believe that, through one of these many fake 'me's, they have a relationship with my sister through private messages and off app sites and have been giving (sometimes) THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS to an incredibly famous and successful grown a**ed woman."

Post Gesine's statement, Sandra issued a public statement to People, expressing concern for her family's safety and other innocent people who are being scammed by social media fraud. In the statement, Sandra mentioned,

"Please be aware that I do not participate in any form of social media. Any accounts pretending to be me or anyone associated with me are fake accounts and have been created for financial gain or to exploit people around me."

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More about Gesine Bullock-Prado

Gesine Bullock-Prado is actress Sandra Bullock's younger sister who previously worked in the film industry.

Gesine joined Fortis Films in 1995 with her sister, Sandra, and worked as the company's lawyer and president. She co-produced films like Gun Shy and Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous and helped develop other films including Practical Magic, Miss Congeniality, and The George Lopez Show.

After quitting the film industry in 2004, Gesine opened a bakery, Gesine Confectionary from 2005 to 2008 and now works as a pastry instructor at her baking school in Hartford, Vermont.

She is also the host of Food Network's Baked in Vermont and appears as a judge on Beat Bobby Flay, Christmas Cookie Challenge, and Worst Cooks.

While concluding her Instagram statement on fake Meta accounts impersonating her, Gesine Bullock-Prada urged people to report and block fake accounts. Gesine noted that she "had to involve law enforcement" and that they've been "outstanding." Gesine also mentioned that she has brought the scams to the attention of both Instagram and Facebook, but unlike Instagram, Facebook does not inform her if someone creates an account likely to be an imposter. She then went on to question META since both the platforms are from the same company with the same tech.