Gigi Hadid, Katy Perry and Other Stars Who Won April Fools' Day With Their Pranks

Gigi, you look different

By Corinne Heller Apr 01, 2017 4:04 PMTags
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Gigi Hadid, is that you? Wait, Yolanda?

Gigi posted on Instagram Saturday a photo of herself sporting short, choppy light blond hair, channeling her mother Yolanda Hadid's 'do, as well as Katy Perry's recent makeover.

Naturally, many of her followers were shocked. 

"No queen, you don't do that!" one person wrote.

Gigi, who typically has long dark blond tresses, later wrote, "Jokes jokes .. happy april foolz fwendz."

Check out other celebrities who won April Fools' Day 2017 with their pranks:

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Katy Perry: The "Chained to the Rhythm" had some fun with fans eagerly awaiting the release of her new album. She captioned this classic throwback photo, "I'm proud to announce the cover for my 4th album!"

"Happy April Fools!" she added. "Been plotting in the same type of sports bra from my IM and laminated calendar since 99' It's all about the long game..."

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Rebel Wilson: The comedienne gave everyone on the set of Pitch Perfect 3 quite a scare when she collapsed backstage. Not to worry, though! It was all a silly prank.

"Tragic accident on the set of Pitch Perfect 3...just kidding! Happy April Fools Pitches! I got you!!!" she captioned a video of the debacle. 

Michael Phelps: The Olympic swimmer almost had sports nuts fooled when he said he'd Speedo up and head back to the pool for the 2020 games in Tokyo. He quickly responded to the hoopla, "#aprilfools I'm not actually coming back sorry for getting some of yalls hopes up"

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Shawn Johnson: Nope, this retired gymnast is not pregnant after all. After posting a photo featuring an undeniable baby bump, Shawn returned to social media to clear up the confusion. "My sincerest apologies. I never meant to target, offend, or come across as insensitive. I tried on a movie prop. Please forgive. #aprilfools," the Olympian tweeted

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George Takei: The website The Daily Buzz reported Friday that the Star Trek alum planned on running for Congress, quoting him as saying, "My hope is to challenge Davin Nunes for his seat [in California's 22nd District] in 2018."

The 79-year-old star received several celebrity endorsements.

 

George later admitted it was a joke. Oh myyyyyyyy...

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Michael Rosenbaum: The actor is best known for playing Lex Luther on Smallville and has since moved on to star on shows such as Breaking In and Impastor and also performs gigs with his band as well as standup comedy in Los Angeles. He also recently revealed that he has a role in Guardians in the Galaxy Vol 2.

On April Fool's Day, he made a special announcement that fooled a lot of people.

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Will Arnett: The Arrested Development actor stars in Netflix's Netflix Live, a parody of people's live videos on social media, which consists of him sitting in a Netflix studio and commenting on literally everything, from office appliances (he is fascinated by toasters) to depressing cubicles to puddles of water to truly terrible parallel parkers.

The hilarious special, a blatant Netflix promo, also features cameos from Adam Sandler and Shannon Purser, aka Barb from Stranger Things.

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Netflix Live was released the day before April Fools' Day and on the holiday itself, it was "cancelled." However, it is still available to stream.

Happy April Fools' Day 2017!