Sometimes the best pranks are the simplest ones. But not always. Every now and then, it’s the most elaborate jokes — ones that include hidden cameras, fake statues and a whole host of actors, for instance — that really hit home.
Enter James Corden. After hearing that David Beckham hadn’t seen the finalised version of a statue of himself that LA Galaxy are planning to unveil at an upcoming ceremony, the Late Late Show host decided to step in.
“I thought it might be fun to switch out the real statue with one that we made a little less flattering,” says Corden in the clip above.
Cue nine minutes of wonderful, wonderful awkwardness. Read more…
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