--- title: Dennis Quaid Freakout Is a Funny or Die Prank description: The comedy video website Funny or Die has claimed responsibility for the Dennis Quaid meltdown video that “leaked” last week. canonical: https://time.com/3823289/dennis-quaids-freakout-funny-die-prank/ author: Alexandra Sifferlin article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-04-15T18:28:09.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:18:47.232Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Dennis Quaid's Freakout Is a Funny or Die Prank og:description: Funny or Die released the full video og:url: https://time.com/3823289/dennis-quaids-freakout-funny-die-prank/ 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: Dennis Quaid's Freakout Is a Funny or Die Prank twitter:description: Funny or Die released the full video twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Dennis Quaid's Freakout Is a Funny or Die Prank by [Alexandra Sifferlin](https://time.com/author/alexandra-sifferlin/) ## Alexandra Sifferlin Apr 15, 2015 6:28 PM UTC by [Alexandra Sifferlin](https://time.com/author/alexandra-sifferlin/) ## Alexandra Sifferlin Apr 15, 2015 6:28 PM UTC The Dennis Quaid meltdown video that “leaked” last week was officially a prank. The comedy video website Funny or Die claimed responsibility for the video on Wednesday and released a full cut showing the same Quaid freakout, but with more context. In the initial [video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOjUSjghGI8), which looked like it was taken on a cellphone and was uploaded to YouTube on April 10, Quaid is seen screaming expletives at the crew on what seems to be a film set. The full video below shows the tirade was part of a larger Funny or Die sketch, where the “horses–t” is actually just that, and the “p—–s” Quaid screams about are really a basket of kittens. Viewers had previously speculated that the seemingly leaked video might be a hoax. Many thought [Jimmy Kimmel was behind it](http://time.com/3822366/jimmy-kimmel-dennis-quaid-meltdown-viral-video/), given his love for a good prank. Watch below (but be warned that the video contains profanities throughout): _Read next:_ [_Watch Rihanna Prank Jimmy Kimmel While He Sleeps_](http://time.com/3768373/rihanna-prank-jimmy-kimmel/?iid=time%5Freadnext) [_Listen to the most important stories of the day._](http://time.com/newsletter/the-brief/autoplay/?xid=spl-fullbrief-article) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3823289/dennis-quaids-freakout-funny-die-prank/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3823289/dennis-quaids-freakout-funny-die-prank/"},"headline":"Dennis Quaid's Freakout Is a Funny or Die Prank","datePublished":"2015-04-15T18:28:09.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:18:47.232Z","description":"Funny or Die releases full video","url":"https://time.com/3823289/dennis-quaids-freakout-funny-die-prank/","keywords":["viral","Newsfeed","celebrities","video","Prank","Funny or Die","hoax"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Alexandra Sifferlin","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/alexandra-sifferlin/"}],"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":"/tag/viral/","name":"viral"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3823289/dennis-quaids-freakout-funny-die-prank/","name":"Dennis Quaid's Freakout Is a Funny or Die Prank"}}]}] ```