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Thursday, May 14, 2026

False rumors Zendaya is pregnant are spreading across social media as people fall for an elaborate TikTok hoax - Yahoo News

  • On TikTok, a video falsely claiming Zendaya is pregnant circulated as part of a viral prank trend.

  • The rumors spread onto Twitter, where some people appeared to believe they were true.

  • Zendaya since spoke out on Instagram, saying people were "making stuff up" about her.

Zendaya has appeared to debunk pregnancy rumors which went viral on social media.

The "Spider-Man: No Way Home" actor posted an Instagram Story on June 15, which said, "See now, this is why I stay off Twitter… Just making stuff up for no reason… weekly."

It followed rumors that Zendaya was pregnant spreading on Twitter, where a TikTok falsely claiming she'd announced a pregnancy began to circulate. Users appeared to believe the hoax, despite it originally being posted as part of a viral TikTok prank called the "Krissed" trend, where people make false claims about celebrities to bait people into watching a clip of Kris Jenner dancing to "Lady Marmalade."

On June 13, a user called Ryan Roberts posted a TikTok showing a picture of an ultrasound that looked like a screenshot from Instagram, with Zendaya's Instagram handle above it.

On Zendaya's Instagram profile, there is no picture that matches the screenshot in the TikTok.

The 12-second video then cut to a 2011 clip of Kris Jenner dancing and lipsyncing to the "Moulin Rouge" song, with an on-screen caption reading, "You just got Krissed."

The word "krissed" was used as a synonym for pranked in the video caption, which went on to say, "Send this to your...



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