"I thought it was for a birthday": Kaia Gerber reveals the truth about Gal Gadot's coronavirus video
The supermodel was a guest on a podcast and revealed the truth behind her participation, alongside Cara Delevingne, in the famous video created by Gal Gadot during the coronavirus period, in which she and other major celebrities performed the song Imagine. According to her, she did not know at all that she was part of a large-scale project, and thought she was recording a private birthday greeting during the lockdowns.
Cindy Crawford's daughter, model Kaia Gerber, sat down for an interview on the Do Not Disturb podcast and shared how she ended up participating in Gal Gadot's famous video to the sounds of John Lennon's song Imagine. Featuring major celebrities from around the world, the clip—created by Gadot during the 2020 lockdowns—later became, in a strange and amusing way, her first credit on IMDb.
"I want to clarify something," Gerber began. "During the pandemic, my roommate told me that a friend asked her to film a video and asked me if I wanted to participate. Without asking too many questions, I jumped at the idea and sang alongside her." According to Gerber, it was only afterwards that she realized she had actually participated in Gadot's video, which featured 25 celebrities including Sarah Silverman, Jimmy Fallon, Natalie Portman, Zoë Kravitz, Sia, Amy Adams, Pedro Pascal, Will Ferrell, Mark Ruffalo, and Cara Delevingne.
A week later, when the clip was released online, she was surprised to find herself alongside a line of celebrities: "I saw the video and said, 'What a coincidence, I just sang Imagine in a birthday video.' And then, a minute into the clip—there I am. It still appears on my IMDb. I've made peace with it, but I just wanted to clarify that I had no idea what I was being filmed for."
As recalled, Gadot initiated the video at the beginning of the coronavirus lockdowns in an attempt to encourage the public, but it sparked a sharp wave of criticism. The New York Times wrote about it:
"This is proof that even when no one is meeting, awfulness can still break out."
The Washington Post called it "insensitive," and the A.V. Club site judged it to be the "peak of cringey content." About two years after its release, in 2022, in an interview with InStyle magazine, Gadot addressed the storm and apologized:
"It came out too early, it was not the time or the right thing to do. It was in poor taste."
