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He pretended to be dead and then managed to crawl back to his regiment under the cover of darkness.

Kimmel also pretended to open a statement written for him to read aloud by Disney, before reading out the words: "How to reactivate your Disney+ subscription".

There were several times when he pretended to be unfamiliar with the celebrity presenters in ways that simply weren’t cute.

She said she pretended to be a sort-of fake tour guide when he needed directions and offered to take him around “because he was cute.”

It’s worth remembering: Goop never pretended to be realistic.