No one’s secure on April Fools Day — not even the particular person pulling the prank.
Jenna Bush Hager realized this lesson the onerous manner after trying to tug a quick one on visitor cohost Willie Geist in the course of the April 1 broadcast of Today with Jenna & Sheinelle. During the Wednesday morning phase, Hager, Geist, and editor Arianna Davis had been operating down a listing of trending subjects once they turned their consideration to an (allegedly) viral cake that individuals have been shilling out hundreds of {dollars} to get their palms on.
But what Geist did not know is that Today made up the “famous” cake and its bakery.
“We’ve got to talk about this viral cake that’s being walked in, very carefully,” Geist mentioned as Today culinary producer Katie Stilo rigorously walked out with the intricate two-layer cake, topped with macaroons, strawberries, gold flakes and caviar.
“This is a $20,000 cake,” Davis instructed the dwell studio viewers. “It is all the rage right now on the internet, because they only make one of these every single day.”
Jenna Bush Hager, Willie Geist, and Arianna Davis on ‘Today’ April 1
Credit: NBC
As Davis spoke, Stilo motioned for Hager to lend her a hand, pretending to wrestle over the cake’s weight. Jenna helpfully jumped up and took the platter in each palms — earlier than dropping the cake in its entirety.
“Oh my gosh,” Jenna exclaimed, because the cake flopped on the bottom. Making issues extra dramatic — and tragic — Jenna instantly slipped on a number of the spilled frosting, barely catching herself on a close-by chair.
Behind the digicam, crew members, and the viewers members snickered.
The prank did succeed in stunning Geist, whose jaw fell open when Hager fell. But instantly, he schooled his expression into a glance of suspicion.
“Well, there goes the one cake,” Davis laughed. “$20,000, Jenna.”
But Geist was already onto them and leaned down to assist Hager up earlier than declaring, “April Fools!”
He then counseled Hager on her dedication, including, “Good job.”
Jenna Bush Hager and Willie Geist on ‘Today’ April 1
Credit: NBC
“You knew?” she requested
“Only after you went down,” Geist replied.
“Well, I did get it all over my shoes. I really committed,” Hager mentioned, confirming that her icing mishap was not a part of the plan. “The fall was real. We tried to trick Willie.”
“The commitment from Jenna Bush Hager to take this spill for the cause,” Willie later mentioned, requesting a slow-motion replay. “Can we see that one more time?”
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Geist admitted that previous to the fall, he actually believed {that a} fashionable $20,000 cake had arrived on the scene, noting, “Upstairs, I was like, ‘You know, it’s a crazy world out there, someone’s going to buy that for their wedding. Maybe it’s real.’ I was locked in until you went down.”
Apologizing to the crew for the prank’s failure, Jenna turned to the place the present’s subsequent visitor, Sharon Stone, was ready in the wings, quipping, “I’m so embarrassed. You want some caviar?”
Hager added, “Sharon, please don’t judge us.”
Watch Hager’s epic prank fail above.
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