--- title: April Fools' Day 2015: Watch Rihanna Prank a Sleeping Jimmy Kimmel description: The singer snuck into Kimmel's house. canonical: https://time.com/3768373/rihanna-prank-jimmy-kimmel/ author: Eliana Dockterman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-04-02T00:50:06.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T05:38:20.566Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Watch Rihanna Prank Jimmy Kimmel While He Sleeps og:description: The singer snuck into Kimmel's house. og:url: https://time.com/3768373/rihanna-prank-jimmy-kimmel/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Rihanna Prank Jimmy Kimmel While He Sleeps twitter:description: The singer snuck into Kimmel's house. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch Rihanna Prank Jimmy Kimmel While He Sleeps  by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Correspondent Apr 2, 2015 12:50 AM CUT  by [Eliana Dockterman](/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Correspondent Apr 2, 2015 12:50 AM CUT Jimmy Kimmel has built up quite the [reputation for pranks](http://time.com/3556244/jimmy-kimmel-halloween-candy-prank/ "undefined"), but this April Fools’ Day, he was the victim. Wednesday’s episode of _Jimmy Kimmel Live!_ shows Rihanna pranking the late-night host, showing up to his house at 1 a.m. while he sleeps. Kimmel’s wife and co-headwriter, Molly McNearney, helped the singer sneak into his bedroom and surprise him with a rendition of her new song “B— Better Have My Money.” _Read next:_ [_See the Best April Fools’ Day Pranks of 2015_](http://time.com/3764210/best-april-fools-pranks-2015/?iid=time%5Freadnext "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3768373/rihanna-prank-jimmy-kimmel/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3768373/rihanna-prank-jimmy-kimmel/"},"headline":"Watch Rihanna Prank Jimmy Kimmel While He Sleeps","datePublished":"2015-04-02T00:50:06.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T05:38:20.566Z","description":"The singer snuck into Kimmel's house","url":"https://time.com/3768373/rihanna-prank-jimmy-kimmel/","keywords":["Television","Rihanna","Jimmy Kimmel"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Eliana Dockterman","jobTitle":"Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3768373/rihanna-prank-jimmy-kimmel/","name":"Watch Rihanna Prank Jimmy Kimmel While He Sleeps"}}]}] ```