Celebrities' Staged Stunts for Fame

0:00It's March 21st. I hear your entertainment news in two minutes. Social media makes fame come quick these days, but some stars take it further with clever tricks. This week, old video from 2017 resurfaced showing Priyanka Chopra signing autographs for the same two fans twice at Los Angeles International Airport. Many called it a staged publicity move to live popular. Kim Kardashian built her empire partly through similar schemes early on. She once posed arriving at a hotel to fool paparazzi into thinking she met Britney Spears, landing magazine covers. Actress Alley Larder poses a fake star named Allegra Coleman on an Esquire cover at age 20, sparking real buzz that kickstarted her career. Other celebs faked big changes for attention. Joaquin Phoenix acted like he quit acting for hip-hop on Late Night TV in 2009, all for mockumentary film. Sacha Baron Cohen stays to wild crash onto Eminem at the MTV Movie Awards that same year,

1:02which the rapper later confirmed was planned. Fake romance is pop-up too. Kim called paparazzi on a date with Nicholas Shay back in 2006. DJ Khaled proposed to Nicki Minaj on camera in 2013 to promote a song. And YouTuber Jake Paul staged two Vegas weddings with influencers. Just reviews. Nine followers rounds out the list. In 2018, reports exposed stars like Paul Hollywood using sites to inflate Twitter numbers with bots. These stunts show how far some go to grab the spotlight, blurring lines between real fame and hype.