"That was flawless": Sunrise host falls for hilarious April Fools prank
Sunrise host Monique Wright got tricked by co-host Matt Doran’s elaborate April Fools’ Day prank on Saturday.
Wright was convinced that she had scored an exclusive interview with US President Barack Obama, when in fact she was interviewing an impersonator called Reggie.
“Mr Obama, what an absolute thrill to have you in the country,” she gushed “Gosh we love you here, and it was fantastic to have you on our programme.
“Thank you so much, safe travels home,” she added.
To make the prank believable, the Sunrise team had intentionally distorted Wright’s screen so that she couldn’t recognise who she was speaking with over Zoom.
Doran waited until after the interview to reveal the truth.
“Just before we let you go, perhaps it might be an opportune time just to let Mon know that we’re actually speaking to Reggie from LA who is the top Obama impersonator in the world,” he said.
“G’day Reggie! That was flawless.”
Wright was left fuming and blamed her gullibility on bad technology.
“Reggie, they’ve actually used a monitor which looks very strange, I can’t see you properly,” she said, to which Doran joked that it wasn’t a valid excuse.
She then acknowledged the “extraordinary” acting abilities of the Sunrise team and exclaimed: “I hate you, I was so excited!”
“I ran down to get changed with two minutes' notice, so I would like to apologise to Chrissy the producer who saw me in my underwear,” she said, revealing how excited she was for the interview.
“I hate all of you but I mostly hate you!” she jokingly said to Doran.
Doran then tried to make her feel better by saying that anyone would’ve fallen for the same prank.
“You were given no notice, Reggie was so convincing,” he said, adding that he was terrified of what Wright might do to get him back.
Wright then joked that he should be terrified after throwing everyone into a frenzy and getting the “whole building” involved in his elaborate prank.
“Watch this space, stay comfortable Matt,” she said.
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