The most controversial April Fool's Day jokes that have landed pranksters in hot water: From fake pregnancies to poking fun at civil war

April Fool's Day is expected to beryllium a lighthearted day, wherever loved ones, celebrities and companies set unneurotic to prank those who person forgotten the date. 

However, immoderate celebrities and brands cannot defy taking their fibs excessively acold and yet extremity up offending and alienating their fans. 

On Tuesday, This Morning prima Georgina Burnett, from Tonbridge, faced backlash aft hinting that she was expecting a baby.

The fake gestation announcement did not spell down good with her followers, who dubbed her stunt 'deeply hurtful' and 'incredibly insensitive'. 

Her prank came a time aft babe nonaccomplishment charity Tommy's shared a station highlighting wherefore it is important to beryllium mindful of those who person struggled to conceive.

The organisation said: 'Some radical who person had a hard gestation travel mightiness not person shared this with their friends oregon family. And photos of scans oregon gestation tests tin beryllium hard to look astatine adjacent erstwhile they're real, meaning pranks similar this tin beryllium particularly hurtful.'

A taxable parkland was besides slammed for telling their customers that they would beryllium slashing their introduction fee, with immoderate calling the institution 'sick'. 

Other stars, specified arsenic Lorraine Kelly, were called 'cringe' aft she pretended to get aggravated astir a fake tattoo she had done unrecorded connected air. 

This Morning star's 'hurtful' gag astir pregnancy 

Georgina Burnett shocked fans connected Tuesday erstwhile she shared a 'deeply hurtful' representation hinting that she was expecting a baby.

The achromatic and achromatic representation was taken from the broadside successful the hallway of her location and Georgina's look was masked by her acheronian hair. 

She posed cradling a fake bump underneath her jumper and simply captioned the image: 'News!' 

The 46-year-old often appears connected This Morning to amusement disconnected her upcycled household items and springiness tips connected location improvement, decluttering and styling.

But Georgina was slammed with criticism, arsenic gobsmacked users branded her prank 'embarrassing' and 'incredibly insensitive'.

Georgina re-shared the station connected her Instagram Story, encouraging fans to click done to the announcement, and replying to comments from fans with a wink emoji. 

However, owed to the day being April Fool's, galore were sceptical astir whether her gestation was genuine.

Users were speedy to deed retired astatine the TV property for her insensitive gag, arsenic 1 penned: 'As a grown big you really deliberation this is funny? Embarrassing.'

Another wrote: 'I'm definite you've meant nary offence but this is successful incredibly mediocre taste.' 

A 3rd said: 'This is profoundly hurtful to the immense fig of women suffering with infertility. Did you cognize 1/4 of pregnancies extremity successful miscarriage and 1/6 of couples person occupation falling pregnant? You would bash good to see this earlier making 'jokes' astir specified delicate topics successful the future.' 

A 4th commented: 'Incredibly insensitive if this is simply a joke.'

Georgina has since deleted the station and alternatively added 1 wishing her feline Dexter a blessed birthday. 

Theme parkland dubbed 'sick' for 'slashing fees' 

Drayton Manor, 1 of Britain's biggest taxable parks located successful Staffordshire, attempted to fool their customers connected April Fool's Day by advertizing escaped entry.

The institution took to societal media on 1 April to state it has scrapped introduction fees amid its 75th anniversary.

Families looking for a budget-friendly mode to entertain their children were overjoyed by the news, however, others suspected that the suspiciously generous connection was each a ruse.

A fewer hours aft their archetypal announcement, the parkland appeared to person confirmed the quality was an April Fool's joke. 

However, Drayton Manor further compounded disorder by adding: '...Or is it?' Visitors who had precocious forked retired hundreds for a play summons were incensed by the prank

Some societal media users further accused the attraction of playing a 'sick and cruel' gag connected struggling families dealing with the outgo of surviving crisis, particularly arsenic Brits present look caller hikes to assembly tax, energy, water, NICs and conveyance duty.

Taking to Drayton Manor's Facebook page, 1 idiosyncratic described the park's announcement arsenic 'poor form.'

Another wrote: 'That's 1 sick and cruel April Fools' Day gag – truthful galore families struggling close present conscionable to devour and astir apt thought they could really spend to instrumentality their kids for a time retired – not impressed.'

A 3rd said: 'Disgusting April Fools joke. Some can't spend oregon conflict to get wealth unneurotic for days out.

'Imagine if a kid sees this and gets each excited astir the household going retired and the parents past person to archer them they can't spend it.'

One idiosyncratic added, 'This is specified a mean and cruel joke. Shame connected you,' portion different commented, 'I cognize it's April Fools' Day but this gag is successful precise mediocre taste. Read the room!'

With the attraction present afloat unfastened for the season, a spokesperson revealed Drayton Manor is 'changing however overmuch visitors wage erstwhile they visit,' with further details acceptable to beryllium revealed successful the pursuing weeks – keeping families successful suspense.

Femail has contacted Drayton Manor for comment. 

Councillor's 'civil war' prank  

Ryan Murphy, a Brisbane City councillor for Chandler ward, sparked backlash implicit his April Fool's joke. 

He made a Facebook post connected Tuesday wherever helium claimed that neighbouring Redland City had been annexed.

Redland City is simply a abstracted section authorities country (LGA) successful Greater Brisbane, but it does not signifier portion of Brisbane City. 

Mr Murphy said: 'Brisbane City Council enactment crews crossed the borderline and began seizing assets and changing signs successful the erstwhile Redland City'.

The councillor adjacent claimed the determination had the backing of Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner, who was tagged successful the station and quoted arsenic saying: 'Much similar Greenland, the Redlands is amended disconnected with Brisbane than going it alone'. 

The connection was a motion to US President Donald Trump's comments astir America taking implicit Greenland.

He claimed Mr Schrinner refused to code Redlands Mayor Jos Mitchell by sanction and alternatively referred to her arsenic 'his small buddy'.     

The station claimed the smaller Redlands assembly had been mismanaged and residents could look guardant to Brisbane City's little rates.

Mr Murphy shared the fake connection with an representation of Jesse Plemons' cameo successful the movie Civil War.

His quality is an unnamed convulsive racist played by Plemons who acts arsenic an executioner to those helium deems 'unAmerican'.

However, the instrumentality was dubbed 'tone-deaf' by a Brisbane City Council's Labor leader, Jared Cassidy, who took contented with them referencing Plemons' quality successful the April Fool's joke. 

He said: 'Cr Murphy has wholly missed the people here.

'The usage of a movie representation depicting a racist, ultra-nationalistic person of far-right militants, adjacent successful jest, is wholly inappropriate fixed the existent societal climate.

'April Fool's Day tin beryllium large lighthearted fun, but this station wreaks of mediocre sensation and intelligibly shows that Cr Murphy is retired of touch.

'The quality Cr Murphy has utilized from the movie 'Civil War' murders quality reporters due to the fact that they look Asian oregon Hispanic asking, 'what benignant of American are you?'.

'It's absurd that the Lord Mayor endorses this contented and finds it funny. It's thing but that successful the existent climate.' 

Daily Mail's Australia bureau has contacted Mr Murphy's bureau for comment. 

Lorraine's 'cringe' tattoo joke 

Lorraine Kelly attempted an April Fool's prank connected her amusement that was dubbed 'painful' and 'confusing' by viewers. 

During her ITV segment, the tv presenter, 65, wanted to amusement disconnected her emotion and affection for her granddaughter Billie by getting her first 'tattoo' unrecorded connected air.

The prima was seen sat successful a seat arsenic the creator starting getting to enactment connected her limb with purple ink but it was met with a daze absorption from This Morning stars Ben Shephard, 50, and Cat Deeley, 48.  

Ben noticed that thing wasn't rather right, saying: 'Lorraine I'm conscionable a small acrophobic astir the tattoo looking astatine it. I'm close successful saying you spell Billie with an 'ie' don't you?'

Lorraine replied: 'Yeah we do,' earlier rapidly 'realising' that the tattoo creator had spelt the sanction incorrectly.

Appearing shocked, Lorraine said: 'Oh jeez, ohio no!' arsenic Ben replied: 'So, I deliberation they tin benignant it retired can't they? I deliberation they tin benignant it out.'

Lorraine added: 'Yes, I deliberation Glenn does that doesn't he? He fixes things.'

Appearing mislaid for words, Lorraine past raged: 'Honestly, I'm off, I've had enough. Goodbye,' earlier storming disconnected the set.

However, it seems the April Fool's Day prank earnestly backfired with viewers arsenic they took to X (formerly Twitter) to fume 'how anserine bash they deliberation we are'.

One instrumentality wrote: 'Stupid April fool contiguous arsenic good with Lorraine's tattoo, however anserine bash they deliberation we are?'

Another penned: 'Lorraine's dragged retired effort astatine an April Fools, the astir cringeworthy pistillate successful history.' 

A 3rd commented: '@Lorraine decidedly an April fool, that ratio didn't look existent lol.'; 'God, this is achy #Lorraine.'

A 4th wrote: 'We've got a full greeting of this (crying emoji) #this greeting #lorraine #aprilfools.'; '#lorraine what a load of bo*****s. Do you deliberation your assemblage is that gullible?'

While different chimed successful and said: 'They each request acting lessons #lorraine.'

EastEnders' caller opening credits angers fan

BBC soap EastEnders, which has been airing since 1985, besides took portion successful April Fool's Day by tricking fans that it was going to change their celebrated taxable tune and intro.

The amusement said it was throwing retired the legendary and beloved representation of London for a much Neighbours-esque opening credits instead. 

Bosses were quoted saying that this alteration was to which 'emphasise the assemblage tone felt successful Walford to absorption connected household and relationship arsenic we caput into our forty archetypal twelvemonth connected screen'. 

One wrote: 'Don't aftermath maine up similar this... I was astir to spell OFF,' portion different penned: 'Best not beryllium permanent.' 

Another penned: 'Are you taking the p***?' A 4th said: 'Don't you situation messiness with the map!'