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David Dobrik pulled off one of his biggest pranks yet — and he brought Kylie Jenner along for the ride.
On the orange carpet, YouTube star David Dobrik sat down with Entertainment Tonight’s kid correspondent Devin Trey Campbell, the “Single Parents” actor known for grilling celebrities with disarmingly direct questions. The topic: Dobrik’s viral video “SURPRISING PEOPLE WITH KYLIE JENNER!!,” in which he enlisted the billionaire beauty mogul to help him ambush unsuspecting fans and friends. Dobrik walked through how the stunt actually came together behind the scenes.
- Dobrik discussed his viral video “SURPRISING PEOPLE WITH KYLIE JENNER!!,” which caught fans and friends completely off guard.
- The interview was conducted by ET’s kid correspondent Devin Trey Campbell, star of the sitcom “Single Parents,” not a traditional adult ET host.
- Dobrik gave behind-the-scenes details on Kylie Jenner’s participation and what it took to orchestrate a surprise stunt of that scale with someone that famous.
The Setup Behind the Surprise
Dobrik built his channel on exactly this kind of ambush content — showing up with a famous face and filming real, unscripted reactions. Getting Kylie Jenner to sign on for one meant convincing her to give up her anonymity for an afternoon and trust that the chaos would stay controlled. Dobrik told Campbell that pulling off a stunt at that level required more coordination than his usual crew-of-friends shoots, since Jenner’s presence alone was enough to draw a crowd the moment anyone recognized her.
That’s part of what made the video pop the way it did — Dobrik’s regular targets are used to being surprised by him and his group, but nobody expects one of the most photographed women on the planet to show up on their doorstep.
Jenner’s Role in the Stunt
Dobrik didn’t treat Jenner as a guest star standing off to the side — he described her as an active participant in setting up the reactions, playing along with the ruse long enough for it to land. That kind of collaboration is rare for Jenner, who typically controls her public appearances tightly through her own platforms and business ventures. Teaming up with a prankster known for handing his friends live grenades and stuffed animals says something about how comfortable she was letting Dobrik call the shots on camera.
Dobrik walked Campbell through exactly how the Kylie Jenner surprise stunt came together — and what it’s like directing one of the most famous women in the world for a bit.
The Kardashian-Jenner family has generated no shortage of viral, camera-ready moments over the years, and fans who track that orbit closely may also want to revisit Kim Kardashian’s own recent comments about her family, given how often the sisters’ worlds overlap with internet culture like Dobrik’s.
Factors Contributing to Interview Success
Handing the interview to a kid correspondent instead of a typical ET anchor gave the segment a different energy — Campbell’s questions came off more like curious fan follow-ups than press-junket small talk, and Dobrik matched that tone by keeping his answers loose and conversational rather than rehearsed. It’s the same instinct that’s made Dobrik’s own on-camera interviews a genre unto themselves; for a broader look at how stars handle unpredictable interview settings, see this rundown of celebrities who’ve had to think fast on camera.
Dobrik’s willingness to lay out the mechanics — how the surprises were staged, how Jenner reacted in the moment, what almost went sideways — is exactly what turned “SURPRISING PEOPLE WITH KYLIE JENNER!!” into one of his bigger hits, and it’s why the orange carpet clip with Campbell got its own life as a standalone segment.
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