During its heyday in the first decade of the 21st century, Punk’d He built a reputation by pranking Hollywood stars like Kim Kardashian using unfathomable scenarios. Most of the outrageous pranks have paid off, leaving the stars in the midst of them mad, sad, or just plain shocked. But not all projects were successful, as it was rumored that some episodes were canceled due to Target figuring things out. One of the people who didn’t fall in love with anything was Gabrielle Union, who was the target of the show on various occasions. And just recently, she and series alum Dax Shepard gleefully recalled the multiple failed attempts.
The big mistakes came when Gabrielle Union was Dax Shepard’s guest Armchair expert Podcast. As mentioned on the show, the host interviewed the actress’ husband — former NBA star Dwyane Wade — in 2022, so they’re definitely familiar with each other. However, the former fatherhood The cast member indicated that they met more than two decades ago. Union could not remember when or where she met him, which leads Shepherd to mention that she is not married Punk’d Episodes:
You are ready for this. You’re the only person in my Punk’d tenure who didn’t fall for the joke [out] Among the 26 people I was involved in pranks. I was the only one who was like, “Hmmm, that’s crap.”
The podcast host remembers him Punk’d days, the actress immediately remembered that she was in the famous hidden camera show. She even specifically remembered how many times she had been there, saying the crew “twice tried” to get her. Dax Shepard also explained that he was only part of one of the attempts, and it’s very specific:
I was just part of the Armas satellite dish. We put it in your front yard.
Apparently, he just wanted to make sure his guest (and listeners) knew he had only personally failed once. From here, the search The star detailed the first failed hoax that the MTV show tried to play on her:
That was the second attempt. [The first attempt] It was a car accident. They tried to pretend like my car was hit or something with my car in a parking garage… I feel like I’m back and either my car is gone or something. And I’m like, “No, no.” Ashton was trying to save her, and then whenever the weird lie started, it was like, “This is Punk’d,” and I think I might have said, “This is Punk’d.”
This first fake scenario actually sparked Gabrielle Union, calling parking garages “the bane of their existence.” She raised her anxiety associated with them and remembered where her car was parked. Dax Shepard corrects her by saying that these misadventures occurred before the premiere of the first season of the prank reality series. Shepherd then shed light on the second time the team attempted to acquire Union:
If I remember correctly, I was married… I was somewhere in the Hollywood Hills, like across the valley. Maybe you live [in] Southern Woodland Hills. And it was a winding street, and the introduction Did your husband subscribe to a cable package? I don’t know that it was a huge satellite dish like the kind that NASA uses. So, in your humble front yard, it was in the hills.
Anyone who sees a huge satellite dish (associated with space exploration) in your yard will be thrown. Union recalled that she pulled up to her house with the plate in her driveway, and it didn’t seem like it took her long to get a feel for what was really going on:
No, you put him in my way. You know there is no parking on the hillside. So, this was the first job order where I could park my car… [Thinking] It’s nothing and then Jamie Foxx tried to sell it, but we were having a fight party the other day. And I was like a) I wasn’t over anything for my first pair, but I was like, “No.”
So Cheaper by the dozen The star has already entered the awful situation with a great deal of skepticism. It’s also interesting to hear that Jamie Foxx was involved, and a few details seem to have slipped through Shepard’s mind:
I forget Jamie Foxx was a part of that… We kept coming back to that garage. So, I was the one delivering the bad news, and I had an earpiece. I explained what happened in the papers [, saying] “That was the package I signed up for,” and the look on your face wasn’t quite like that. And so, she walked away.
After Union caught and walked away from Shepard, it was reported that series creator Ashton Kutcher was trying to get him to push the prank further. But the podcast host mentioned that he had to give Kutcher a reality check after union suspicions began:
I know Ash can hear me because I’m on a mic, I have an earpiece, and I’m like, “This is going to happen.” And he says, “No, no,” and I’m like, “No, let me tell you something. I just looked her in the eye. It’s unsalvageable. We’ve made a bunch of attempts, but we never put you in trouble… I mean, it was a problem for me.” because I [had] Stupid traveled to Woodland Hills, I dressed up as Stupid and the Nine, and we had nothing to show then, but I commend my skepticism.
So I would say the most important thing to take away from those two cases is that you simply can’t pull one off at Gabrielle Union. The star – who recently voiced a character in a Disney character strange world – Just very clever. So if Ashton Kutcher suggested Punk’d The reboot doesn’t ever get off the mark, don’t expect it to be one of the pranks.
The actress will return as a guest star in a different sequel series – The Proud Family: Loudest and Proud — later this year, and you’ll be able to stream her episode with a Disney+ subscription. You can also watch classic episodes of Punk’d If you are a Hulu subscriber. And don’t forget to take a look at our 2023 TV schedule for more small screen premieres.
