Degrassi Fact Check

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Throughout the years a multitude of "facts" and rumors have circulated in the Degrassi fandom. Despite lacking evidence, most of these rumors persist and continue to be claimed. This is a special page dedicated to uncovering the truth.

Joey's prop thievery and "firing" from TNG (Unverified, likely false)
A persistent rumor that has endured throughout the years claims that Pat Mastroianni (Joey Jeremiah) stole props from the set of Degrassi: The Next Generation and was subsequently fired. Another version of this story adds that the props were subsequently sold by Pat on eBay.

Mastroianni has been selling or auctioning Degrassi memorabilia since before Degrassi: The Next Generation. In April 2000, he raised $1,000 in such an auction to raise money for his friend with multiple sclerosis, with some of the items also donated by co-creator Linda Schuyler, Pat's business endeavors have likely contributed to the rumor seeming legitimate. However, no evidence exists of any prop thievery taking place, nor that he was fired. If this had actually happened, it would have at least been mentioned in an interview by someone involved with the show, since prop stealing is very frowned upon in media production. The fact that no TNG cast/crew interviews exist in which such an incident was mentioned, coupled with the fact searching "did pat mastroianni steal props from degrassi" yields no results other than Reddit comments making the same claim without any evidence, it's highly unlikely it is true. The jury is still out though, as there isn't really any evidence that it didn't happen either.