Halle Berry Admits Wedding Prank With Boyfriend Van Hunt Completely Backfired

Elizabeth Spina
Halle Berry and Van Hunt
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Halle Berry and boyfriend, Van Hunt's wedding photo pranked did not quite go as planned.

The 55-year-old Bruised actress took to Instagram to share a photo of her and Van kissing inside a chapel with the caption "Well... It's official," as a way to prank her more than 7.5-million followers into thinking she and Van got married.

Unfortunately, things backfired!

To kick off 2022, Halle Berry and her boyfriend, Van Hunt, played a prank on their fans.

Halle Berry and Van Hunt
Instagram | @halleberry

The Call actress convinced her Instagram followers that she and Van had secretly tied the knot while on vacation.

"Well... It's official," the 55-year-old captioned the post.

Halle Berry and Van Hunt
Instagram | @halleberry

Halle's vague and misleading note was met with countless congratulatory comments from fans who thought they were putting two and two together.

Halle included an additional photo, somewhat clarifying that she was only kidding. But it may not have been quite as clear to everyone as she thought.

Halle Berry and Van Hunt
Instagram | @halleberry

"It's 2022," the second photo reads. But the memo evidently went over everyone's head.

On a recent appearance on "The Tonight Show", Halle was finally able to clear the air.

Halle Berry and Van Hunt
Instagram | @halleberry

"First of all, this was not supposed to happen like this," she began explaining. "I was with my boyfriend. We were on an island."

She admitted that she and Van had been drinking prior to sharing the photos.

Halle Berry and Van Hunt
Instagram | @halleberry

"We had copious amounts of drinks at the bar," she said. "We pass this little chapel, and we think, 'Oh, let's go in here.'"

"'Let's see what's inside here,'" she added, revealing that the prank was initially just going to be on Van's mother.

Halle Berry and Van Hunt
Instagram | @halleberry

"So, we go in. And while we're in there, we get the crazy idea," she said.

"We think, let's call his mom. Let's take a photo of us and send it to her and say, 'Guess what, we got married...Not!'"

Halle Berry and Van Hunt
Instagram | @halleberry

After getting a taste for the thrill of pranking someone, the couple decided to take it one step further, and share it on social media as well.

"So we took the photo and then after we saw how good the photo came out we said, 'Let's play this joke on everybody, on our friends on Instagram,'" Halle said.

@halleberry
Instagram | @halleberry

"'Let's post it, and then let's swipe over. Tell them it's official, swipe — it's 2022!'" she added.

"That's how we thought it would play, and everyone would be like, 'Good one, Halle!' But instead, within five minutes, we got all of these congratulations from like Ava DuVernay and The Rock."

Halle Berry and Van Hunt
Instagram | @halleberry

She explained that she was surprised to learn that people don't actually swipe when you post more than one photo at a time.

"After 20 minutes went by, we were like, 'We are such a---holes! Everybody believes this!' So many people don't swipe," she pointed out.

"I didn't know that people don't swipe. So now I'm never doing swipes ever again because I know nobody looks at them," the actress said.

Halle Berry and Van Hunt
Instagram | @halleberry

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