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Jimmy Kimmel reveals he masterminded twerking prank (VIDEO)
Posted by Anush Elbakyan, Boston.com Staff
September 10, 2013 10:55 AM
On his show Monday night, Jimmy Kimmel revealed he and his team were actually behind the video of a woman twerking and catching on fire.
The video featured Caitlin Heller, who caught on fire while she was twerking. Kimmel showed a "full director's cut" of the video on Jimmy Kimmel Live, which featured him extinguishing the fire. Caitlin Heller, turns out, is a stuntwoman and her real name is Daphne Avalon.
The original video that was uploaded on Youtube, received over 9 million views, and hundred of news outlets featured the video, just like the one below.
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