Internet users have spread a false conspiracy theory for more than a decade that the singer Avril ... Posing as Lavigne in her place, the theory suggests, is an actress named Melissa Vandella ...

Gilbert Flores/Billboard via Getty Avril Lavigne has some thoughts ... she was replaced by a body double named "Melissa." After Alex Cooper asked Lavigne what the craziest rumor is that she's ...

Noughties pop star Avril Lavigne ruled the ... The most frequently cited piece of “proof”, though, is a photograph of Lavigne where the name “Melissa” has been written in black ink on ...

Well, following the release of her 2002 debut album, 'Let Go', according to the conspiracy, the "real" Avril Lavigne passed away, and has since been replaced by a lookalike named Melissa.