Celebrity death pranks

'Tis the season to … tell your family members that their favorite celebrity has died?

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00:00A celebrity death prank has gone viral on TikTok, but we need to talk about how some

00:04people have found the trend insensitive. A viral prank took over TikTok during the

00:08holidays that involves individuals tricking family members into thinking

00:11their favorite celebrity has died. Allison Janney dead at 63.

00:17Keith Morrison dead at 75. Madonna died at 64.

00:25The videos gained popularity online but were soon criticized. Singer Finneas took

00:29to TikTok to disapprove of the videos and deem them insensitive.

00:39The trend further divided social media users after actress Angela Bassett was pranked by her

00:44son who told her that her Black Panther co-star Michael B. Jordan had died at age 35. People were

00:49put off by the fact that Bassett knows Jordan personally and had just lost Chadwick Boseman

00:53two years prior. Bassett's son has since issued an apology online to both his mom, Michael B.

00:57Jordan, and anyone else affected.