16 Hilarious Celebrity Pranks

Everyone loves a good prank, right? Well, 2022 is marching along and we're already in April, which means April Fools' Day is upon us. In honor of the annual tradition, iHeartRadio isn't going to pull a fast one on you, but instead walk you through some of our favorite celebrity pranks. From produced on-camera gags to social media trickery, the jokes are in abundance. Scroll on below for a list of rather impressive pranks from the likes of Rihanna, Britney Spears, Bella Hadid, Kit Harington and more.

1. Rihanna, Dua Lipa, Miley Cyrus and Britney Spears have all been part of a stunt where they barge into late night host Jimmy Kimmel's bedroom for an impromptu performance, complete with backing tracks and stage lights.

2. Bella Hadid once called her sister Gigi pretending to be a super fan named Emily. "Emily" eventually revealed themselves to be little sis, Bella, but not before she reminded Gigi to "keep shining, baby."

3. Game of Thrones actor Kit Harington showed his macabre sense of humor when he pranked his now wife, actress Rose Leslie, by placing a severed head modeled in his likeness in their fridge for her to discover. 

4. It appears that the GoT stars are quite the pranksters. Maisie Williams once pretended to drop a huge spoiler during a Tonight Show interview with Jimmy Fallon. That one got us for a moment! 

5. 1D bandmates Zayn and Louis teamed up with a Nickelodeon producer to prank unsuspecting Harry, Niall and Liam. The producer wore a fake baby bump and pretended to go in labor around the group. As Zayn and Louis struggled to keep their poker faces, the others were frantically calling for help.

6. In 2019, Mindy Kaling almost had us fooled with this doctored photo of a new hair-do.

7. Ellen DeGeneres once enlisted Adele to place an order at a Jamba Juice while the talk show host fed outrageous one-liners and requests through an earpiece. At one point, Adele jokingly asked, "I'm a celebrity. Do I have to pay?"

8. If you are a Harry Potter fan then this prank will surely crack a smile, in 2004 Alan Rickman (Severus Snape) and Michael Gambon (Dumbledore) both pranked Daniel Radcliffe by putting a fart machine in his sleeping bag. During the filming Michael Gambon was the one pressing the button and Daniel looks very confused. Once he realized everyone including Daniel burst out laughing.

9. In 2009, while Keith Urban was playing a show, Taylor Swift hopped on stage decked out in a full KISS costume. When the country crooner realized who the mystery performer was, he couldn’t keep a straight face.

10. Jennifer Lawrence and Josh Hutcherson were known for their infamous pranks on each other while filming the series "Hunger Games." One prank scared Jennifer so bad she actually peed herself. Josh had put a dead body prop in Jennifer's trailer bathroom and in an interview he said, "That is called a success" from her shocked reaction.

11. Before meeting up with pal, Jonah Hill, Leonardo DiCaprio once thought it would be funny to run up on the Moneyball actor pretending to be an overexcited fan.

12. Drake pranked fans by asking questions about himself while dressed in disguise during a Jimmy Kimmel skit.

13. This one didn't go so well for The Game. The rapper once tweeted the phone number to the Compton Sheriff's Station in 2011 and told his followers it was the number to call for an internship. As a result, the station's was so tied up from phone calls, it delayed emergency services and he was hit with an obstructing justice charge.

14. Adele once surprised an audition room full of Adele impersonator hopefuls. The singer donned prosthetics and no one was the wiser until she opened her mouth to sing "Make You Feel My Love", that is.

15. When Adam Levine won People's "Sexiest Man Alive" in 2014 he made sure to print out a huge version and frame it for Blake Shelton since they have a friendly competition going. Blake had the last laugh when he won the same title in 2017.

16. Justin Bieber shared a fake pregnancy announcement in 2019 that unsurprisingly caused the internet to spiral with the news. As an elaborate April Fools joke he even followed up with pictures of Hailey Baldwin at a doctors office, touching her stomach. Justin later apologized for the prank going too far.