Everyone gets into the mischievous spirit on April Fool’s Day and famous pop stars are no different. However, sometimes what seems like a great prank actually backfires, as Justin Bieber is slowly learning.
Having beat Lady Gaga for the most Twitter followers, Justin took to his Twitter account to post a phone number that fans could call to speak directly to him. Unfortunately for fans, the number was to the tip hotline for gossip website TMZ!
Bieber deleted the tweet shortly after, but returned to cheekily ask, “Did everyone call me yet?”
TMZ’s hotline was bombarded with Beliebers who called in the hopes of speaking to their musical idol, but were grossly disappointed when they realised they had been fooled. To make matters worse, the number Justin posted is a toll free number. That means that callers are not charged for it, but the bosses over at TMZ have to foot the bill for each call they received.
Though this joke was funny in theory, it turned out not to be so funny in practice! Remember, Mag fans, if you’re the only one laughing, your joke wasn’t funny but just plain mean!