A Florida barber has become an internet sensation after pretending to cut off his 10-year-old customer's ear in the ultimate prank. Photo / YouTube
A Florida barber has become an internet sensation after pretending to cut off his 10-year-old customer's ear in the ultimate prank.
Jude Sannicandro, the owner of Hair Medics in Naples, used a fake rubber ear and blood to convince Vito DiPalma that his ear had been chopped off, according to the Daily Mail.
Sannicandro quickly came under fire for the bloody stunt after posting the video online, with many critics calling it "harsh" and "completely awful".
But the barber said it was merely revenge in an ongoing prank war with one of his favorite customers.
Sannicandro has been the family's barber for decades and often play pranks with Vito, the barber told Yahoo! News.
So Sannicandro began planning the prank of all pranks and made sure to get permission from Vito's parents before putting it into motion.
During Vito's regular haircut, the video shows Sannicandro as he begins to use the clippers and sets the boy up for the prank by warning him it's the 'real sharp one'.
Then he suddenly exclaims, "Oh s**t! Oh, don't move".
"Am I bleeding?" Vito asks.
Sannicandro turns the clippers off and grabs paper towels, where he's hidden the bag of fake blood.
As Sannicandro puts the towels to Vito's ear, he slowly starts to squeeze the 'blood' out of the partially unzipped bag.
The boy's calm demeanour suddenly changes as he begins to feel the fake blood running down the side of his face.
"Oh no," he says. "Mommy!"
"Shhh, don't tell her," Sannicandro says. "I think you're okay, we'll just put a little pressure on it."
But as he pushes out more blood, Vito becomes even more scared and squeezes his eyes shut in fear.