On Oct. 26, Justin Bieber was spotted doing something extremely shocking: eating a burrito… sideways, almost like an apple. It was the paparazzi photo heard ‘round the world, and many were confused and even upset by the pic. News stations picked it up! Blogs went wild over it. Chrissy Teigen came to Justin’s defense, but the lines were clearly drawn: burrito purists vs. Justin.
However, news even more shocking than Justin’s burrito-harmonica moment has recently surfaced: it was all staged, and the guy in the pic who looks just like Justin? Not him. TMZ reports that the entire thing was a setup by a group of YouTubers called Yes Theory, who dressed up a Bieber doppelganger named Brad Sousa and set him up to chow down on a burrito, making viral history and confusing both fans of burritos and Justin.
Yes Theory posted a video about their prank, detailing how they got together with Brad, how they spent time watching paparazzi videos of Bieber to capture his current hairstyle, clothing choices, and mannerisms, even down to the hair they stuffed under a Bieber-style beanie. The pics were snapped, leaked, and posted, and an Internet legend was born.
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