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Kaia Gerber Reveals She Thought Gal Gadot's COVID-19 Video Was a Birthday Greeting
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First reported by Mako · 8 hours ago
What happened
Kaia Gerber revealed she thought she was filming a private birthday message when she unknowingly joined Gal Gadot's 2020 COVID-19 celebrity video. The video, featuring 25 stars singing "Imagine," was widely criticized, and Gadot later apologized for its poor timing.
- 01Kaia Gerber thought she was recording a birthday greeting, not a large COVID-19 video project.
- 02She participated in Gal Gadot's 2020 "Imagine" video featuring 25 celebrities.
- 03Gerber was invited by her roommate and didn't know the video's full scope.
- 04The video faced strong criticism from major media outlets for being insensitive.
- 05Gal Gadot apologized in 2022, calling the video poorly timed and in bad taste.
- 06Gerber's appearance remains her first credit on IMDb, which she finds amusing.
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