A trending prank has divided social media users, for tricking unwitting parents that their favourite celebrity has died.
Widely known as the “celebrity death prank”, the format consists of someone covertly filming another person, usually a parental figure, while telling them that a famous figure has passed away.
The trend gained traction towards the final moments of 2022 and continued in 2023.
The most recent one sighted online, is a clip of how a lady pranked her mum by saying Burna Boy had died after he suffered a heart attack.
Her mum responded with a hurling profanity-laced scream and shock.
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Reacting, Burnaboy reshared the viral clip on his official TikTok page, and wrote;
“Mum I’m fine”
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