Recent Quotes View Full List My Watchlist Create Watchlist Indicators DJI Nasdaq Composite SPX Gold Crude Oil Hydroworld Market Index Markets Stocks ETFs Tools Overview News Currencies International Treasuries 'Dumb' TikTok prank fakes death of celebrities like Bon Jovi, Tiger Woods By: FOXNews.com December 28, 2022 at 15:30 PM EST TikTok pranksters are ginning up controversy with the new 'Celebrity Death prank' that devastated many people over the Christmas holiday season. The latest social media trend is seeing TikTokkers fabricate the deaths of their favorite Hollywood personalities, and recording others reaction to the news. The trend is taking heat from online critics who claim it is not as funny as it seems."Eminem died at 50," a user said behind the camera in one video, eliciting a response of "No f---ing way."In another, Jon Bon Jovi became one of the prank's victims with a user telling her Dad the singer had died.RISKY ‘HACK’ WHERE PEOPLE PUT GARLIC UP NOSTRILS HAS EXPERTS SLAMMING THE TIKTOK TREND"Shut your mouth! You're lying…" he shouted back.Coined the "Celebrity Death prank," the trend calls on users to record themselves telling their friends and family members that their favorite celebrity has died, often through fake breaking news reports.Responses to the death announcements vary, with some hurling profanity-laced screams at the camera while others weep or turn on the television to fact-check the claims."Oh my God, did you see [that] John Travolta passed away?" one prankster asked. A woman captured in the video frantically shouted, "No! He didn't die! Did he really die?"‘DOOR-KICKING’ TIKTOK TREND MISTAKEN FOR HOME INVASIONS, PROMPTING CALLS TO POLICEOne family rushed to their television to check the news after a prankster pretended to read from her phone that Denzel Washington had died at 67.In another video, the creator filmed her Dad playing golf as she told him that Tiger Woods had "died" at 46. "It's on the news," the prankster said behind the camera.She recorded her father as he threw his golf club and painstakingly dropped to the floor in shock.TIKTOK TREND ‘PROFEE,’ PROTEIN COFFEE, MAY DO MORE HARM THAN GOOD, HEALTH EXPERTS SAYCher, Jim Carrey, Celine Dion, Robert Plant, Bruno Mars and others also became the subjects of pranksters' shenanigans on the video-sharing platform.Despite the uproarious laughter coming from some creators, others are refusing to take the prank so lightly.While some shared the videos to Twitter and sparked laughter from some, others called the trend "sick," "stupid" and "insensitive."Podcast host Jimmy Van called the trend "dumb," tweeting in full, "I guess I don’t get the joke. This is dumb, as are most TikTok trends.""Yeah, I'm not subscribing to this one," wrote BuzzFeed writer Myke Thompson. Actress and model Isis King criticized the trend as "weird." Related Stocks: Fancamp Exploration Ltd Data & News supplied by www.cloudquote.io Stock quotes supplied by Barchart Quotes delayed at least 20 minutes. By accessing this page, you agree to the following Privacy Policy and Terms and Conditions.
'Dumb' TikTok prank fakes death of celebrities like Bon Jovi, Tiger Woods By: FOXNews.com December 28, 2022 at 15:30 PM EST TikTok pranksters are ginning up controversy with the new 'Celebrity Death prank' that devastated many people over the Christmas holiday season. The latest social media trend is seeing TikTokkers fabricate the deaths of their favorite Hollywood personalities, and recording others reaction to the news. The trend is taking heat from online critics who claim it is not as funny as it seems."Eminem died at 50," a user said behind the camera in one video, eliciting a response of "No f---ing way."In another, Jon Bon Jovi became one of the prank's victims with a user telling her Dad the singer had died.RISKY ‘HACK’ WHERE PEOPLE PUT GARLIC UP NOSTRILS HAS EXPERTS SLAMMING THE TIKTOK TREND"Shut your mouth! You're lying…" he shouted back.Coined the "Celebrity Death prank," the trend calls on users to record themselves telling their friends and family members that their favorite celebrity has died, often through fake breaking news reports.Responses to the death announcements vary, with some hurling profanity-laced screams at the camera while others weep or turn on the television to fact-check the claims."Oh my God, did you see [that] John Travolta passed away?" one prankster asked. A woman captured in the video frantically shouted, "No! He didn't die! Did he really die?"‘DOOR-KICKING’ TIKTOK TREND MISTAKEN FOR HOME INVASIONS, PROMPTING CALLS TO POLICEOne family rushed to their television to check the news after a prankster pretended to read from her phone that Denzel Washington had died at 67.In another video, the creator filmed her Dad playing golf as she told him that Tiger Woods had "died" at 46. "It's on the news," the prankster said behind the camera.She recorded her father as he threw his golf club and painstakingly dropped to the floor in shock.TIKTOK TREND ‘PROFEE,’ PROTEIN COFFEE, MAY DO MORE HARM THAN GOOD, HEALTH EXPERTS SAYCher, Jim Carrey, Celine Dion, Robert Plant, Bruno Mars and others also became the subjects of pranksters' shenanigans on the video-sharing platform.Despite the uproarious laughter coming from some creators, others are refusing to take the prank so lightly.While some shared the videos to Twitter and sparked laughter from some, others called the trend "sick," "stupid" and "insensitive."Podcast host Jimmy Van called the trend "dumb," tweeting in full, "I guess I don’t get the joke. This is dumb, as are most TikTok trends.""Yeah, I'm not subscribing to this one," wrote BuzzFeed writer Myke Thompson. Actress and model Isis King criticized the trend as "weird." Related Stocks: Fancamp Exploration Ltd