April Fools’ Day, which annually makes a very strong case for why it should potentially be crowned the most annoying day of the year, is upon us once again.
As expected, the 2026 edition of the hoaxes and pranks-laden custom has been rife with the usual slew of fake announcements and marketing stunts. What separates this year from past April Fools’ Days, of course, is that social media is already pretty much filled with misleading or outright fabricated claims on a daily basis now, arguably putting a dent in any would-be fun.
Still, that hasn’t stopped plenty of people from trying. 50 Cent, Eminem, IShowSpeed, and more all got in on the action this year. We even had a fake (but intriguing) James Bond casting announcement thrown at us today.
Below, we take a closer look while taking comfort in the fact that all of this will soon be over.
50 Cent
50 Cent, always active on Instagram, took to the platform on Wednesday (April 1) to seemingly announce that Hulu had put up tens of millions of dollars for his new documentary project. When making the claim, Fif included the TMZ logo, despite no such story actually having been published by the outlet, or elsewhere.
“HULU wins in a bidding war against STARZ, NETFLIX, and APPLE for my new doc,” he wrote in the April Fools’ Day post.
Eminem
Eminem reshared an April Fools’ Day post from Complex Sports in which he was jokingly claimed to have inked a one-day deal to serve as quarterback for the Detroit Lions.
DDG
DDG used the opportunity to share a surely fake pregnancy announcement to X. Notably, he’s taken this road before.
“We started out just friends and now we having one,” he wrote in Wednesday’s post. “Can’t wait to be your dad!”
IShowSpeed
IShowSpeed once again made a fake YouTube retirement announcement on Wednesday, making the joke clear by enthusiastically shouting “April Fools!” at the end of the below video.
MrBeast
Similarly, MrBeast also joked about leaving YouTube, telling fans he was “deleting” his channel.
Jessie Buckley as James Bond
No, Jessie Buckley—as compelling as the possibility may sound—has not been named the next James Bond. The jokingly presented “announcement” stems from this piece published by Euronews on Wednesday, in which the recent Hamnet Oscar winner was claimed to have been chosen to lead the 007 franchise.
Shortly after, the publication copped to the joke, like so:
