Clinton Kane's Ex, Brooke Schofield, Says He Admitted to Her That He Lied About His Family's Death

Many musicians have used their personal struggles and emotions to fuel their songwriting, and according to TikTok musician Clinton Kane, writing songs has been a sort of therapy for him. His debut album "Maybe Someday It’ll All Be Ok" was marketed as a tale of his journey through losing three family members in one year — but is that really true?

It turns out that though Clinton's music has touched plenty of people also dealing with grief, he allegedly wasn't honest about the death of his family. And his ex-girlfriend, Brooke Schofield, says she has receipts that prove it.

As part of the promotion for his debut album, Clinton detailed his struggles through the loss of his father, mother, and brother in a now-deleted Instagram post. He used this as a talking point when discussing his rise to stardom, even convincing Taylor Weatherby of his honesty enough to write that "Brutal honesty has never been an issue for Kane" in a profile of him for the Grammys website.

Clinton talked extensively about the death of his mother, recounting how he cried during her funeral on the Zach Sang Show, only for the comments to be filled with people refuting his claims and saying that his mother is still alive. Podcast host Zach Sang and Tana Mongeau, the best friend and podcast co-host of Clinton's ex Brooke Schofield, later put his alleged lies even further on blast on an episode of Zach's show.

"I can't wait for there to be a Netflix four-part documentary about that s--t," Tana said talking about Clinton and his time dating Brooke. "We were all rooting for it in the beginning. I was like, 'I love Clinton's music' — I still do to this day, I think he's so talented. We all were like 'F--k yeah, marry him.' And then it was like 'F--k yeah, run.' It flipped very quickly."

"I've been in Los Angeles for seven years now, maybe longer, and I have never seen anything, and I cannot stress that enough when I say anything... that situation takes the cake by far," Tana continued. "I don't think he would know a truth if it hit him in the face."

"A hundred percent," Zach piped in.

It was then that the two podcasters elaborated on their vague comments, clarifying that it was through Zach's podcast comments they unearthed Clinton's supposed lies.

"In a nutshell, allegedly, Clinton Kane, who you may know from TikTok, he wove together this entire narrative that he had lost his mother," Zach said. "Allegedly, Clinton Kane has lied about his mom being dead, even though he's released numerous songs about it, and an album about it."

In a statement to Rolling Stone, Clinton claimed the "mother" he referred to was “a very special mother-like figure in his teenage years, who sadly passed,” though offered no comment on his brother.

“Clinton regrets the way this devastating news was communicated at the time,” reads the statement. “Clinton genuinely felt that he had lost an irreplaceable mother figure. Clinton was and largely is estranged from his immediate family.”

Brooke confirmed most of what was discussed in the Zach Sang interview in her 13-part TikTok "series." However, it was only after Clinton allegedly begged his manager to remove the interview that she began to question his mother's death.

Brooke said that after overhearing the conversation, she found the video online and started scrolling through the comments. She encountered one in particular that left her conflicted. It alleged that Clinton was faking his Australian accent and raised questions about the possibility of his mother still being alive, especially since she had reportedly been seen recently. The commenter claimed to have known Clinton and attended school with him.

By Part 10 of the TikTok videos, Brooke said that at that point in their relationship, she believed he had been lying about his mom's death, prompting her to go home and do a little digging. Upon finding two Facebook accounts matching his mother's name, she says the woman looked nothing as he had described. While she claims Clinton described his mom as being Norwegian and blonde-haired, the photos allegedly revealed an entirely different woman.

In Part 13 of the videos, Brooke says she had found out Clinton had been cheating on her which helped her muster up the courage to ask him why he lied about his family's deaths. At first, she says he denied it, but after lying and telling him she had been speaking to her, he admitted he had lied about his mom and sister, but that his father was actually dead.

When you search for Clinton and his music, he's sometimes labeled as an Australian singer and songwriter, while other outlets label him a Filipino-Norwegian musician. Clinton's accent is another point of contention among people on the internet — in interviews the comments often point out his frequent "jumping between accents." He's reportedly claimed to have grown up in Perth, Australia, though he split his time between there and the U.K. to visit both parents.

One YouTube comment from someone claiming to have gone to school with Clinton claims he went to school at Seri Mulia Sarjana in Brunei, which is part of the Philippines. Though Clinton did not confirm if he is from Brunei, in his statement to Rolling Stone, he clarified that he lived in Australia “for a time as a child” and “considers Australia to be home.”

“He has never been disingenuous about this,” the statement continued.

However, following Brooke's explosive series of TikTok videos, the singer turned to Instagram and shared a slideshow of photos depicting individuals who might be his parents, along with images of himself walking in front of the Makati City Police Station in the Philippines. He captioned the post with four Philippine flags. So, is Clinton a Philippine native?

At this time, it's not entirely clear where he's from, or if his accent is authentic, though plenty of potential fans on the internet aren't ready to accept his words at face value anymore.

As a way to further confirm Clinton hasn't been truthful about a lot of things in his life, including where he is from, Brooke returned to TikTok once again on June 26, 2024.

She explained, “Truthfully, he never, almost never had the accent with only me. He would turn it on when my friends were around or we were at dinner with people." She says she didn’t think much about it at the time because, well, he was a performer. However, she did record arguments, which can be heard in the TikTok she shared above, and if it is, in fact Clinton, no accent can be detected.