Gender reveals are undoubtably cringeworthy at the best of times, so the following footage of a viral, catastrophic gender reveal attempt has subsequently filled my sceptical, socially-awkward heart with sweet, sweet schadenfreude. If you only watch one thing this week, it needs to be this. There is simply no excuse.
Originally from Instagram user @brentpmurray, the latest in gender reveal fails depicts a couple eagerly swinging at a giant helium balloon, before it detaches from its station on the ground and starts flying into the air. The father-to-be then sprints faster than Usain Bolt but, alas, he stacks it on the fence.
Barstool Sports shared the abysmal gender reveal attempt, which catapulted the unfortunate series of events into virality.
Everything went wrong during this gender reveal @podfathersshow (Via IG/brentpmurray) pic.twitter.com/TJUFcSnGTM
— Barstool Sports (@barstoolsports) October 6, 2019
Fence: 1, father: 0.
But seriously, though, you have to give him props for trying.
Best part is the guy who sees a balloon 30 feet in the air and thinks this will help. pic.twitter.com/eZTZQ5mk7m
— Marcos Esteves (@Mr_Besteves) October 6, 2019
You have to feel for the parents-to-be – I mean, they can’t help that their child is beyond archaic notions of performative gender and ultimately refuses to conform to the binary.
Guess they’ll never know
— Tacos For All (@StephenDFletch) October 7, 2019
Twitter evidently had a lot of thoughts about the fail.
Every “gender reveal” is a fail https://t.co/5aL66brUok
— river buddy butcher 🤠 (@rivbutcher) October 7, 2019
Me watching gender reveal fail videos pic.twitter.com/VIBdMWwaKV
— Jay Reyna (@JayReyna) October 8, 2019
I genuinely think gender reveal fails are my kink. Consider me satisfied.
2019, you’ve done it again. To the lucky child who escaped gender entirely – I salute thee.
