Most bizarre Celebrity PR stunts

From planning their death to a fake engagement, celebs and their bizarre PR stunts.

Poonam Pandey

Controversial Indian star Poonam Pandey has left her fans in shock after staging her death. Later, Pandey herself revealed that she was fine and did it only to bring public attention towards cervical cancer.

Shilpa Shetty

To promote her husband Raj Kundra's movie, Shetty shared a cryptic post, reading, “We have separated.'' The cryptic post led many to believe that they were parting. However later, it was clarified that the post was about her husband and his mask.

Jussie Smollett

In 2019, Jussie staged a hate and homophobic assault attack to get a raise in the salary on the television drama “Empire,”. The actor was found guilty of lying about the attack.

Dustin Diamond

After hearing Paris Hilton’s leaked sex tape made millions, late actor Dustin Diamond decided to make his racy video and leak the tape to the public. However, the only thing the actor got was embarrassment.

Nicki Minaj and DJ Khaled

Singer Nicki Minaj and rapper DJ Khaled shocked the world when they engaged on MTV. However, later it was revealed that it was a PR stunt to promote their song ‘I Wanna Be with You.’

Morton Downey Jr.

For the betterment of his show, The Morton Downey Jr. Show, Downey staged an attack at the San Francisco airport, claiming he had been attacked by neo-Nazis in the washroom. Later it was found that he had faked the attack.