Michael Phelps and Le'Veon Bell Lie on Social Media to Celebrate April Fools' Day
By Kyle Koster
It’s April Fools’ Day and people are pranking, including a few high-profile athletes. And by “prank” we mean simply telling outright falsehoods and then telling confirming they were falsehoods a short time later.
Michael Phelps tweeted that he was making a comeback and had sights on the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.
Some dreams/goals you just can't get rid of...been doing a lot of thinking n I've decided that I'm going 2 make another comeback! #tokyo2020
— Michael Phelps (@MichaelPhelps) April 1, 2017
He doesn’t.
Pittsburgh Steelers running back Le’Veon Bell tweeted out his intention to skip the 2017 season if the organization doesn’t work out a long-term deal and keeps him on the franchise tag.
ppl can say literally whatever they wanna say...but idc, I will LITERALLY sit out the WHOLE YEAR before I decide to play on the tag!
— Le'Veon Bell (@LeVeonBell) April 1, 2017
He won’t.
Quality prank by Le’Veon Bell on sitting out 2017 if on tag. Double checked and it’s indeed an April Fools.
— Jeremy Fowler (@JFowlerESPN) April 1, 2017
Great pranks, guys. You briefly made people think what you said was truthful. Solid work.
Tom Brady’s nod to the day was a bit better, although the use of the #fakenews hashtag will be #problematic for those who don’t share his affinity for the president.
Anyway, hope you’re all enjoying the worst day of the year on the internet and your sides are sore from laughing at these great April Fools’ Day sendups.