Not long ago, a TikTok user faked a video that sent the internet into a frenzy.
Through the magic of digital editing, they took a fake ultrasound image and made it look as though actress/singer/dancer/model/activist Zendaya posted the image to her Instagram account as a pregnancy announcement.
A few moments after the pregnancy announcement, the screen flips to a dancing Kris Jenner to indicate it's a joke in a trend similar to RickRolling called "Krissing" or "getting Krissed."
You can see the TikTok here:
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The problem is people love Zendaya and somehow the "Krissed" aspect of the video was forgotten and the prank evolved into a rumor.
The first part of the clip was, apparently, done pretty well because tons of people fell for it.
\u201ci hate twitter because i\u2019m sitting here about to congratulate zendaya via dm about a baby that doesn\u2019t exist\u201d— obamas cousin (@obamas cousin) 1655315552
\u201cPov: you opened twitter and see \u201c Zendaya Pregnant\u201d trending\u201d— Abrahamvve (@Abrahamvve) 1655273012
\u201cstreets telling me zendaya pregnant? happy for her fr\ud83d\udc4d\ud83c\udffe\ud83d\udc4d\ud83c\udffe\ud83d\udc4d\ud83c\udffe\ud83d\udc4d\ud83c\udffe\ud83d\udc4d\ud83c\udffe\u201d— \u00b9\u2078 (@\u00b9\u2078) 1655254336
Zendaya shut that down pretty quickly by actually hopping on her Instagram to post a story about it.
She didn't say much. She didn't even specify what she was talking about.
But the simple white text on a black screen said everything the world needed to know.
It read:
"See, now this is why I stay off Twitter. Just making stuff up for no reason ... weekly."
And this is how we imagine she looked while typing it.
That simple Instagram story response has blown up on Twitter.
People absolutely get why Zendaya is over it. Conversations about her body and her personal life have been non-stop for her since childhood.
And that is, of course, to say nothing of the way the public feels entitled to know every little detail about the lives of celebrities in general.
Twitter is totally Team Zendaya here.
\u201cZendaya is NOT pregnant and THIS is why she don\u2019t talk to us!\u201d— ricky ;) (@ricky ;)) 1655261372
\u201clmaooo twitter users actually believed that zendaya is pregnant \u2620\ufe0f\u2620\ufe0f yall gullible af\u201d— little meownya ~ (@little meownya ~) 1655313612
\u201czendaya, tom & their pr teams after logging on to twitter to see that \u201czendaya pregnant\u201d is trending:\u201d— trouble in paradise (comms closed) (@trouble in paradise (comms closed)) 1655275414
\u201czendaya logging on to twitter only to see \u2018zendaya is pregnant\u2019 is trending\u201d— nat (@nat) 1655266643
\u201cZendaya is pregnant? \n\nThe source: Trust me Bro. \n\nAlso what is this weird fascination with MAKING rumors about people being pregnant when they aren't? That's weird.\u201d— monarch the great (@monarch the great) 1655249512
\u201czendaya finding out she's pregnant from twitter THIS IS WHY SHE DOESN'T TALK TO US\u201d— steve (@steve) 1655268539
\u201cSo everyone fucked up and pissed Zendaya off? Now she won't come to our Twitter house no more? This is embarrassing. \ud83e\udd23\u201d— Sassbox Grand Supreme (@Sassbox Grand Supreme) 1655327437
\u201cNah but fr why is \u201czendaya is pregnant\u201d still even trending mfs really just be running with any and everything\u201d— Candace (@Candace) 1655313659
We'd like to send our best wishes and congratulations to Zendaya for the projects she has coming up in the months and years to come - even/especially if none of those projects involve growing another human being.