Yearly, April 1 rolls round, giving our favourite celebrities the prospect to prank us … and many individuals find yourself falling for it, even when they’re completely conscious of the date on the calendar.
Given the very critical occasions of the previous a number of years, all of us just about agreed to skip April Idiot’s Day the previous couple of occasions round.
However that does not imply we will not look again on among the greatest celeb April Idiot’s pranks through the years … together with one from 2020 that did not precisely go over nicely.
1. Ok-Pop star Jaejoong pretended to check constructive for Covid-19.
After all, Covid is not any laughing matter, and this Ok-Pop star discovered that lesson the onerous manner. On Wednesday, JYJ singer Jaejoong introduced to his Instagram followers that he had been recognized with Covid-19, and as you possibly can most likely anticipate, his joke instantly backfired. Followers instantly confirmed their concern, and when he admitted he was simply joking, that concern turned to anger — lots of it.
He did finally difficulty an apology, claiming that he had solely been making an attempt to attract consciousness to the seriousness of the virus, however let’s simply say that excuse fell on deaf ears.
2. Justin Bieber & Hailey Baldwin pretended to expect.
On April Idiot’s Day 2019, Bieber introduced that he and spouse Baldwin had been anticipating their first baby collectively, together with an ultrasound picture and an image of Baldwin presumably on the OB’s workplace, being examined. After the couple acquired backlash for joking about one thing so essential, Bieber apologized in a observe up Instagram submit, writing, “I didn’t in any respect imply to be insensitive to individuals who can’t have youngsters.
Lots of people I do know, their first go-to prank on April fools is telling their mother and father they’re pregnant to get an enormous response. However I’ll apologize anyway and take duty and ask for forgiveness to individuals who had been offended.”
3. Mark Ruffalo launched a pretend Avengers trailer.
Final yr, Ruffalo pretended to launch a trailer for Avengers: Endgame on Twitter, however the video was really a gif… and as soon as it completed loading, the phrases “April Fools” flashed on the display. Contemplating how highly-anticipated the film was, it is no shock that followers had been undoubtedly bummed out by this innocent prank.
4. Tom Brady introduced he was retiring.
Lengthy earlier than he really left the Patriots, NFL legend Tom Brady introduced on Twitter that he can be retiring from soccer, as a substitute spending his days tweeting. Not too many followers purchased into this announcement, however lower than a yr later, it made main headlines when he shared that he would now be enjoying for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as a substitute — for actual.
5. Dr. Phil pretended to shave.
On April Idiot’s Day 2019, Dr. Phil determined to shock his Twitter followers by doing one thing he’d by no means completed earlier than: Shaving off his iconic mustache. He even shared a photograph of the earlier than and after, the place he really appeared like a unique individual however folks immediately noticed by means of the prank, realizing that the “after” shot was Photoshopped.
6. Gigi Hadid faked a dramatic haircut.
Gigi Hadid determined to shock her Instagram followers by sharing a photograph of herself with a brilliant quick haircut, in contrast to any model she’s ever worn earlier than. It appeared so actual (and since that is Hadid we’re speaking about, she appeared actually good regardless), nevertheless it did not take lengthy earlier than she shared that it was all only a prank. If she ever decides to go super-short, although, we already know she’d look simply as wonderful as at all times.
Hopefully, this time subsequent yr, pranks will likely be humorous once more. However for now… no less than we will have fun that March is over and April is right here? Yep, that works.
Nicole Pomarico is an leisure and way of life author whose work has appeared in Cosmo, Us Weekly, Refinery29, and extra.
