Kaia Gerber Reveals She Thought Gal Gadot's COVID-19 'Imagine' Video Was a Birthday Greeting
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Kaia Gerber revealed she thought she was filming a private birthday message when she unknowingly joined Gal Gadot's 2020 COVID-19 lockdown video featuring celebrities singing "Imagine." The video, intended to inspire hope, faced widespread criticism, and Gadot later apologized for its timing and execution.
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- Kaia Gerber thought she was recording a birthday greeting, not a viral COVID-19 video.
- The video featured 25 celebrities singing John Lennon's "Imagine" during 2020 lockdowns.
- Gerber only realized her participation after the video was released online.
- The video received strong criticism from major media outlets for being tone-deaf.
- Gal Gadot apologized in 2022, calling the video poorly timed and in bad taste.
- Gerber's participation is listed as her first IMDb credit, which she finds amusing.
Supermodel Kaia Gerber recently appeared on the podcast Do Not Disturb to share the story behind her unexpected participation in Gal Gadot's widely circulated 2020 COVID-19 lockdown video. The video featured 25 celebrities, including Cara Delevingne, Sarah Silverman, Jimmy Fallon, Natalie Portman, and others, singing John Lennon's "Imagine" to uplift spirits during the pandemic. Gerber explained that she initially believed she was recording a private birthday message at the request of a friend of her roommate, not realizing it was part of a large-scale project led by Gadot.
Gerber recounted, "I saw the video and thought, ‘What a coincidence, I was just singing ‘Imagine’ in a birthday video,’ and then a minute into the clip, there I was." The video later became her first IMDb credit, a fact she found amusing but clarified she had no prior knowledge of the project's scope.
The video, while intended to inspire hope during lockdowns, received harsh criticism from major outlets like The New York Times, The Washington Post, and A.V. Club, labeling it tone-deaf and cringe-worthy. In 2022, Gadot publicly apologized for the video, acknowledging it was poorly timed and executed. Gerber's candid revelations shed light on the behind-the-scenes of a viral moment that sparked both global attention and controversy during the pandemic.
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