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Published 19:38 IST, September 5th 2019

Netizens confuse ABC comedy with real car crash, trigger funny memes

A video clip from ABC's Comedy Show has gone viral on social media. The clip is the live stream from a show 'Content' starring actress Charlotte Nicdao.

Reported by: Aanchal Nigam
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A video clip of a girl live-streaming her car crash went viral on the internet after a guy failed to realize that it was not real. The girl in the clip is seen singing when suddenly her car flips and people actually start messaging her asking if she's alright. The video has crossed more than a million views in less than 24 hours.

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The reality behind the viral clip

What most people on the internet did not realize that it was a clip from ABC's new comedy show, titled Content, starring Charlotte Nicdao, who plays Lucy. The show is designed to be watched on phone and it makes the actors look like actual people living normal lives in the era of social media like all of us. The clip that went viral shows the same character, Lucy who is singing and live streaming and the crash is part of the script. The episode premiered on September 4 on ABC's YouTube channel. Daley Pearson, the co-founder of the Content's production Ludo, promoted it on Reddit. He also posted the behind the scenes of how the fake car crash was rehearsed for the show.  

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Netizens love the #FlipGirl

As netizens mistook it for a real car crash, their reactions seem hilarious to the ones who knew it was a show and not real incident. One of the internet users really said it is astonishing for her why people are thinking that a live stream like that can be real. While others have tweeted things like, "Oh God" and "why was she live to stream?" as some of them also criticized her for using the phone while she was driving. Internet was flipping over the #FlipGirl and people also believe that it should be trending worldwide. 

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After the reality was finally made clear to the people, they appreciated the creativity and also admitted how much they loved the new show Content. Before all the storm, actor Charlotte Nicdao had absolutely no clue of the show making it huge just by a viral clip. Once more and more people started tweeting about it, Charlotte herself shared the video and announced that she's "viral".

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17:01 IST, September 5th 2019