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“I haven’t been fully honest” text prank could end your relationship

Comedian Nathan Fielder, who got followers to "accidentally" tell their parents they want to buy drugs, has ended a few relationships with this one.

 

Kris Holt

Internet Culture

Posted on May 30, 2013   Updated on Jun 1, 2021, 2:37 pm CDT

If you’re going to tell your partner you haven’t been completely truthful with them, you’d best be honest about it. 

Comedian Nathan Fielder, fresh off his success in getting followers to “accidentally” tell their parents they want to buy drugs, has ended a few relationships and strained a few more with his latest prank.

He urged his Twitter brethren to text their other half and say “I haven’t been fully honest with you,” then remain silent for an hour. Followers, who in some cases pranked their moms instead, were also urged to tweet the results. 

Some of the one-sided conversations are funny, though many more are simply sad, reducing the pranked partners to states of confusion and upset all in the name of a joke.

On the other hand, it’s a somewhat clever strategy in getting your other half to fess up to their misdeeds. That said, it’s probably not advisable to do it unless you don’t see a long-term future with that certain someone.

@nathanfielder well fuck. twitter.com/NotSoAir_Jorda…

— Jordan Sauceda (@NotSoAir_Jordan) May 29, 2013

@nathanfielder Rapid fire replies will not stop. And he knows I’m reading them. twitter.com/TLChace/status…

— Tracey (@TLChace) May 29, 2013

Thanks a lot @nathanfielder twitter.com/CurseOfBenitez…

— benitez ex machina (@CurseOfBenitez) May 29, 2013

@nathanfielder I think she’s mad..? twitter.com/SeanBarkerSt/s…

— Sean Barker (@SeanBarkerSt) May 29, 2013

@nathanfielder I think she’s on to you, dude…I picked a smart one. twitter.com/SketchyComedy/…

— Izzy Wolfson (@SketchyComedy) May 29, 2013

@nathanfielder 15 minutes until my life was threatened twitter.com/patwlo/status/…

— Patrick W (@patwlo) May 29, 2013

@nathanfielder #nomom twitter.com/emmabernstein_…

— Emma Bernstein (@emmabernstein_) May 29, 2013

@nathanfielder thought it’d be funny but now I completely regret it. 2 years down the drain. twitter.com/david_p_pina/s…

— David Pina (@david_p_pina) May 29, 2013

@nathanfielder well…that escalated quickly… twitter.com/HanTheBrolo/st…

— Andrew Neville (@HanTheBrolo) May 29, 2013

@nathanfielder she was a little mad I think.. Sorry @alexawandy 😁 twitter.com/AustinSchweitz…

— Austin Schweitzer (@AustinSchweitz) May 29, 2013

@nathanfielder twitter.com/CassieHynek12/…

— Cassie Hynek (@CassieHynek12) May 29, 2013

@nathanfielder twitter.com/cristina_rosat…

— Cristina(@cristina_rosato) May 30, 2013

@nathanfielder twitter.com/BrotherBoognis…

— Brother Boognish (@BrotherBoognish) May 30, 2013

@nathanfielder :( twitter.com/Seby__D/status…

— Seb(@Seby__D) May 30, 2013

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*First Published: May 30, 2013, 10:01 am CDT