Jimmy Kimmel reveals he was behind Twerking Girl on Fire video

Gotcha Jimmy Kimmel might just be the king of YouTube pranks.

After several successful Hey Jimmy Kimmel games in which viewers have submitted scores of videos of them pranking family members under Kimmel's guide the late night Live host decided to pull a fast one on the entire internet.

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Jimmy Kimmel Live/via YouTube The Worst Twerk Fail EVER Girl Catches Fire video took the Internet by storm with over 9 million views.

Last week a viral gem known as Worst Twerk Fail EVER where a girl's attempt at the daring dance results in her pants catching on fire was viewed on the video broadcasting site over 9 million times.

It was shared around on social media and became water cooler fodder on several television news outlets. Some blamed Miley Cyrus Video Music Awards performance others worried that twerking could be as dangerous as it is provocative.

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Jimmy Kimmel Live/via YouTube Several news outlets cautioned about the dangers of twerking after the video shows a girl named Caitlin Heller catching fire.

But on Monday night Jimmy Kimmel stuck a fork in the conversation when he revealed that his Live team is behind the video and ultimately an elaborate hoax.

To the conspiracy theorists on the Internet who thought the video was fake You were right it was fake Kimmel 45 said after playing an extended version of the clip that features him appearing with a fire extinguisher at the end.

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Jimmy Kimmel Live/via YouTube Kimmel debuted the never before seen extended version of the video and at the end he appears to put out the fire.

We shot the video about two months ago he explained. Which means a month before Cyrus 20 would have taken to twerking on stage with singer Robin Thicke.

We put it up and didn't send it to any TV station. I didn't tweet it we didn't put it on any websites. We just put it up on YouTube and let the magic happen.

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Jimmy Kimmel Live/via YouTube Kimmel confesses that the twerking girl in the video named Caitlin Heller is really a stuntwoman named Daphne Avalon.

Kimmel also revealed that the girl from the video previously identified as Caitlin Heller is actually a stuntwoman named Daphne Avalon but she was sworn to secrecy.

I got numerous Facebook messages texts Avalon said about family and friends who had seen the video.

Some viewers had speculated the video was a fake but Caitlin Heller refused any interviews and the truth remained a mystery until Monday.

Thank you for helping us deceive the world and hopefully put an end to twerking forever Kimmel concluded.

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