The money that Simone gets from Kelly clearly says "Motion Picture" on the back, instead of the usual text that U.S. currency would have, thus revealing it to be fake prop money.
When Simone shows Monica the newspaper at the end, the text - "As Red Alert News' newest anchor, Monica Harris. After a three long years the infamous Simone has a resurfaced to tell her side of the story." - part of the article repeats three times. Also, the whole article is filled with poor grammar.