April Fools Day: Best celebrity pranks of all time

April Fools' Day: The best celebrity pranks of all time

MF editorial team

01 Apr 2015

mis à jour le 4 May 2019 à 02:19

If you're wondering how to trick your friends on this day of quackery, take inspiration from these amusing celebrity pranks! Skip those whoopie cushions.

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Ellen scares Taylor
One of the first scares Ellen Degeneres ever did to Taylor Swift resulted in this hilarious clip. She has since scared Taylor a total of 10 times!
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Sarah Silverman pranks Jimmy Kimmel
So way back in the day when Sarah Silverman used to date Jimmy Kimmel, she pranked him with his running show gag about Matt Damon by claiming a funny ditty that she was well...see for yourself.
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Jimmy Kimmel pranks Sarah Silverman
To get back at Sarah for her video with Matt Damon, Jimmy Kimmel launched his own celebrity cameo-filled video about him dating Ben Affleck, ending with a We Are The World type scene. The late Robin Williams is also in the video.
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Fake Psy
Ok this is not so much a celebrity prank than a prank played on multiple celebs at Cannes in 2013 by a guy who pretended to be Psy. Celebs hoodwinked by the guy include Adrien Brody and Naomie Harris.
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Twerk Fail
This video was picked up by various news outlets depicting a girl's failed attempt at twerking while doing a handstand and ending up in a freak accident where she caught fire. Well...it was all an elaborate hoax engineered by Jimmy Kimmel.
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Potter farts
The Boy Who Lived is no stranger to pranks on the Harry Potter set. Daniel Radcliffe was in a sleeping bag near a girl he liked. So, Alan Rickman and Michael Gambon put a fart cushion in his bag much to his embarrassment.
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Keith Urban gets KISSed
Is that Taylor Swift on the right? Yes it is! She took the stage during Keith Urban's song Kiss A Girl dressed like, well, KISS. Later a few Hershey's kisses showed up as well. Well done Taylor. Your move, Urban.
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Joaquin Phoenix becomes a rapper
We remember this one well. Joaquin Phoenix had the whole world wondering if he was really going to quit his acting career to become a rapper. This one was really a long con as the movie I'm Still Here only came out weeks later.

Hold on to your hats everyone! April Fools’ Day is here! If you have friends that love playing practical jokes, you would be practically quivering in anticipation right now.

To celebrate the occasion (at the expense of some celebrities), we found the funniest and most elaborate pranks played on and by stars. Regular Hollywood trickster, George Clooney famously fooled Matt Damon into thinking he was gaining weight incredibly quickly by taking in the seams of his pants every day on the set of The Monuments Men and poor Jennifer Lawrence had a fake tombstone with her name on it placed at a creepy film site by co-stars, Christian Bale and Bradley Cooper during the filming of American Hustle.

Ah celebrities, they are not so different after all. It’s good to see that these rising stars are not above a fart cushion or two. Here, we’ve gathered 8 of the best celebrity pranks of all time - No Kanye, Beyonce is not in this list - for a few laughs.

Happy watching and pranks ahoy!

Cheryl Lee

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