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Top 10 Best Celebrity April’s Fool Day Pranks


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this list we’re looking at the funniest
April Fools pranks but celebrities have
played over the years celebrities need
not have been the masterminds of the
prank as long as they went along with it
or were notably involved in its
execution
number 10 Ellen DeGeneres braces herself
there are few television personalities
more likeable or widely loved than Ellen
DeGeneres and so you can only imagine
the concern that fans felt in 2014 when
Ellen stepped onstage wearing a neck
brace as Ellen begins telling the
harrowing story of how she injured
herself playing it up for her adoring
audience she takes a sharp left turn by
reminding everyone in the crowd and at
home that it’s April 1st it’s a crazy
story I was driving to work this morning
and all of a sudden out of nowhere I got
hit by the realization that this is
April Paul’s day yes it’s a simple
little gag but just look at that grin on
Ellen’s face she is clearly having a
blast with the harmless prank and that
enthusiasm is infectious she then
proceeds to mess with the audience for
much of her opening monologue April
Fool’s Day originated in France in the
1500s I’m kidding that’s not true no it
is well-played Ellen well played not
really no really it is
I’m not sure but anyway number 9 Michael
Phelps fools his fans celebrities love
to get in on the action of April Fool’s
Day but Olympic athletes they’re usually
considered to be somewhat more serious
types but on April 1st 2017 American
swimming icon Michael Phelps joined the
fun making a noticeable splash on
Twitter
in 2012 Phelps had retired from swimming
stating that he was done with the sport
for good considering everything he’d
accomplished already people took him at
his word then in 2014 he watched a
comeback in the lead-up to the 2016
Olympics where he again
away to competition though this second
comeback may have been a joke many of
his fans didn’t think it was such a
crazy idea
number 8 Sir Richard Branson’s total
temperature control a partnership with
the wonderful company nest that allows
guests to control their own personal
climates at 35,000 feet unlike so many
of his peers who prefer to avoid the
limelight English business magnate and
philanthropist Richard Branson seems to
love it considering his colorful and
outspoken personality it’s hard to put
anything past him and as the founder of
the Virgin Group he certainly has the
means to pull almost anything off on
March 31st 2014 he made a video
promoting a new feature on Virgin
America Airlines total temperature
control which promised to give
passengers the ability to set the
climate of their seating area will
simply select Cancun afternoon and soak
it all in the add is so well made you
almost fall for it and we are sure some
people actually did just select Chicago
polar vortex
and feel the chill number 7 Joe Jonas
shares a sonogram we were basically
talking about how I hadn’t pulled any
pranks yet and he’d been getting people
all day so he’s like I can help you out
I got this so when it comes to pop stars
the sky is the limit when it comes to
unpredictable antics who’s dating who
who’s marrying who who’s having a baby
with who it’s hard to keep up so on
April 1st 2015 when Joe Jonas tweeted a
picture of a sonogram with the caption
so happy to announce Hailee Steinfeld
and I are expecting our first more
gullible fans and those who forgot to
look at the date understandably lost it
Steinfeld and Joe who are good friends
have a history of joking around but this
remains the most memorable prank to date
number 6 Tom Brady wears a body cast a
lot of people myself included call you
the the goat you know it to go greatest
of all time love him or hate him there’s
no denying that Tom Brady is one of the
most iconic quarterbacks to ever play
the game considering the amount of money
riding on him not to mention the
emotional investment of Patriots fans
him getting injured is a big deal on
April 1st 2015
Brady posted Jordans crossover is no
joke and paired it with an image of him
in basically a full-body cast it was
seemingly inspired by a pickup game of
basketball the QB had recently played
with Michael Jordan the idea of the body
cast is funny enough but the injuries
occurring in the off season while
playing basketball is absurd body cast
or not Brady’s funny bone clearly isn’t
broken hey Damon no number five
lin-manuel Miranda announces plans to
make a musical of the room unlike those
who grace the big and small screen stage
actors rarely become a household name in
order to be instantly recognizable to
the masses you need to achieve a massive
level of success you need to be idina
menzel or lin-manuel miranda and after
accomplishing what few actors and
playwrights ever dream of with Hamilton
lin-manuel Miranda can pretty much do
anything he wants on April 1st 2018 as
reported by theater mania it seems that
Miranda had chosen to adapt Tommy why
Zoe’s infamous contender for worst film
ever the room initial credit goes to
theater mania for crafting the
but Miranda jumped on board and ran with
it – hilarious effect playing along like
a true sport but seriously we would
totally watch that ha ha ha
what a story mark number four David F
Sandberg releases a trailer for Shazam
making comic book movies or films in any
popular franchise for that matter can
often be a thankless task fans have high
expectations strong opinions and
generally demand a lot
how should filmmakers navigate this
minefield follow the lead of shazam
director David F Sandberg by speaking to
the Internet in its own language on
April 1st 2018 Sandberg posted a fake
trailer for the film the date and lack
of press set off immediate alarms but we
can imagine a few people getting their
hopes up regardless it was the perfect
troll good-natured late hearted and
showing a solid sense of humor it might
not have been the trailer people wanted
but it was further proof that Shazam was
in good hands I’d like to purchase some
of your finest beer please number three
Netflix acquires Seth Rogen Netflix deal
remember when Netflix was mainly a
dvd-by-mail rental service oh how times
have changed nowadays there are very few
announcements that Netflix could make
that would surprise us it is a
juggernaut of modern media they’re
constantly acquiring content both
existing series and properties and
concepts to develop in-house poking fun
at themselves in the best way possible
Netflix announced on April 1st 2018 that
they had acquired Seth Rogen not his
catalogue of films or an exclusive
contract for X number of films him as a
person the video jokes about owning his
body in mind and Netflix reserving the
right to frame him for murder and turn
it into a true crime docu-series
the ability to frame you for murder and
the rights to film a docu-series about
that murder and biopic starring John
Goodman this gag is pure gold
terms of this Agreement are not open to
amendment and will continue to be in
effect even in the instance obsessed
untimely and mysterious death number 2
John Stamos and Netflix join forces what
can we say not only does Netflix know
what the people want in terms of content
they’re also seriously on top of their
social media game and marketing
strategies come April 1st they bring
their a-game on
April 1st 2017 Netflix basically
rebranded its website as a John Stamos
fansite it was an entire John Stamos
takeover but one that the actor himself
seemingly had no part in he even filmed
a fake freakout response video of course
Stamos was totally in on it and even
teamed up with the company to film a
trailer for a fake documentary series
about him Stamos and Netflix went all-in
on this one and we love them for it
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number one Rihanna visits Jimmy Kimmel
for many waking up to find Rihanna in
your bedroom might be a dream come true
waking up to a full face of money also
an enticing proposition but RiRi rolling
up dressed in all black with a posse in
tow blasting her trap anthem bitch
better have my money
well that’s intimidating enough to make
even the most seasoned late-night talk
celebrate April Fool’s in 2015
Rihanna and her team decided to beat the
legendary prankster at his own game
suffice it to say it goes perfectly
Jimmy Kimmel is thoroughly bewildered
but a good sport making for the ideal
prank start to finish
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