By now, I’m sure most of you have seen the hilarious viral video “Worst Twerk Fail EVER- Girl Catches On Fire!” If not, you can take a look below.
Well come to find out, the joke is really on us! Jimmy Kimmel revealed on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” last night that the whole thing was an elaborate hoax created by him and his team.
The woman in the video is actually a stunt-woman named Daphne Avalon. They actually filmed the video a few months ago, long before twerking became a nationwide frenzy following Miley Cyrus‘ VMA performance.
“We didn’t send it to any TV station, we didn’t tweet it,” Kimmel said. “We just put it on YouTube and let the magic happen.”
Let the magic happen indeed–the video got over 9 million hits in a week. Well played Kimmel, well played.
