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{{quote|"''[[WWE|Vince McMahon]] did stage his own death a couple of years ago, his limo blew up. How do I know that? I read it in a... in a book somewhere. I wouldn't have known it otherwise.''" [''clears throat'']|'''Chris Cotter''', '''''FOX Business'''''}}
A trope wherein a character delivers some advice or information relating to a field which it would be incredibly embarrassing or contrary to their public image to know. For instance, [[Awesome McCoolname|Mannfred M. Manly]] informs you on the plot of ''[[My Little Pony]]'', or Chastity McInnocence blurts out directions for Amsterdam's red light district. Whatever the subject and whomever the person, they then try to cover up their association with it by appending "
Related to [[Suspiciously Specific Denial]] and [[It's for a Book]].
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* On an episode of ''[[Law and Order]]'', Briscoe tells Curtis about a dockside location where detectives in the old days would go to [[Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique|waterboard difficult suspects]]. He immediately follows up with "or so I've heard."
** In ''Boy Gone Astray'' an ex-boyfriend of ADA Connie Rubrirosa tells her and her boss information on various drug cartels. Quickly adding "So I hear" after each piece of information.
* ''Cops L.A.C'':
* ''[[White Collar]]'':
{{quote|'''Neal:''' You'd need some muscle, a cargo plane, and a few grand in bribe money just to get started.
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== Video Games ==
* ''[[Ace Attorney]]'': There's a running joke that Miles Edgeworth is a big fan of the tokusatsu [[Show Within a Show]] ''Steel Samurai'', although he [[Closet Geek|tries to distance himself from it]]. He invokes
* Optional dialogue in ''[[Mass Effect 2]]'' between Mordin and a krogan scientist. {{spoiler|The real kicker is that Mordin actually did make the krogans more infertile by upgrading the genophage when it started to look like the krogans were recovering.}}
{{quote|'''Mordin:''' Salarians created [[Depopulation Bomb|genophage]] - I've heard. Still trust them with medicines and agriculture?<br />
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