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Penn Badgley confessed he was tricked by his former co-star Blake Vigorous into believing that Aerosmith lead singer Steven Tyler was his actual father on the current episode of his podcast, “Podcrushed.”
“I really actually admire individuals who do [pull pranks]. Any individual who might or will not be recognized for this — Blake Vigorous is, as I recall, very severe about pranks. She pulled a outstanding prank on me. It’s loopy,” mentioned the 37-year-old.
“I get an e-mail, similar to, ‘There’s this press merchandise that we’re attempting to kill, however simply so , someone thinks or Steven Tyler thinks he’s your dad…I don’t keep in mind the phrasing however I keep in mind being like… Didn’t even give it some thought for a second as a result of who of their proper thoughts would assume that that’s true,” shared the Gossip Lady star.
After being shocked from the rumor, he talked about how, days later, his publicist addressed that the story was nonetheless buzzing. “Issues escalated even additional when he acquired a name from his supervisor and publicist, who let him know that Tyler was adamant about his supposed paternity.”
Penn additional shared how he didn’t imagine the gossip was true till he got here forth to his mom on April Idiot’s day. “My mother is so not an actress, so not a prankster both, and he or she’s upset…I’m like, ‘Mother why are you upset?!’ After which she takes a pause, that’s like, the pause that bought me, and he or she goes, ‘Why do you assume we moved out of Maryland?’” voiced Penn. “I’m telling you, for one thing like 5 to seven seconds, which is a very long time, I used to be speechless and my world was rearranging. I used to be like, ‘Are you f**king kidding me? I’m Steven Tyler’s son?’”
“I’d all the time wished to play music. And I didn’t need to exploit the person, I undoubtedly didn’t need to do this, however I used to be similar to… That’s a very long time to assume that your complete life is reordered,” he joked.
Penn went onto say how he’s gullible and by no means sees pranks heading his method. “Anybody who’s in my life and needs to drag a prank on me, go forward and take a look at, as a result of I’ll by no means give it some thought,” he added. “I suppose I’m trusting, I suppose it says one thing good about me, I simply by no means assume that someone’s attempting to drag a prank. So, she had that going for her.”