An incredible viral video in which a singer impersonates 29 different celebrities during one song has been exposed as a hoax.
Rob Cantor, the singer who appears in the video, has revealed the entire thing was a fake after fooling the Internet into thinking he had sung the entire song in just one cut.
The video, “29 Celebrity Impressions, 1 Original Song,” has so far received over 7 million hits and counting.
Cantor hired 11 impressionists and one trumpet player for the video and lip-synched while other people sang impressions of celebrities such as Frank Sinatra, Adam Sandler, Shakira, Chrisopher Walken, Christina Aguilera, Britney Spears and Smeagol/Gollum.
Now he’s fessed up and revealed how he did it in a follow-up clip.
Cantor told Jezebel he was just looking for a clever way to promote his music — and it worked.
“We thought a video in which I do a bunch of impossibly good impressions would be an amusing thing to see.
“I just wanted to make something that would be fun to watch and spread my music.”
Watch how he did it here: