Schools across the nation closed on March 20 in a bid to stop the spread of the coronavirus.
And Amanda Holden left her daughters Lexi, 14, and Hollie, eight, stunned when she joked they’ll have to attend their institutions 365 days a year once they reopen in a hilarious April Fool’s Day prank shared to Instagram on Thursday.
The Heart Radio host, 49, pulled out all the stops to deceive her girl as she penned a fake letter from UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, causing her youngest child to storm off in anger.
Gotcha! Amanda Holden left Lexi, 14, and Hollie, eight, stunned when she joked they’ll have to attend school 365 days a year once it reopens in a hilarious April Fool’s Day prank
Calling her brood to the kitchen, the presenter appeared stern as she read off her laptop: ‘Listen to this, thank you all for all you’ve done so far by keeping your child at home during this quarantine period.
‘Thanks to you, we will beat this virus quickly and return to normal by early 2021. This means your child would have missed nearly 200 days of school by the time we return to normality.
Dropping the shock news, Amanda, who shares her daughters with husband Chris Hughes, detailed: ‘I’d like to take this opportunity to reassure you we’re doing everything we can to ensure your child’s education is not spoilt anyway by this pandemic, and they will still grow to become world leaders.
(Non) official! In a post shared to Instagram on Thursday, the host, 49, pulled out all the stops to deceive her girl as she penned a fake letter from UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson
‘You’re not going to like this!’ Calling her brood to the kitchen, the presenter appeared stern as she read off her laptop
‘For this reason, when the schools do reopen we will quickly make up for lost time, by not only teaching your children from Monday to Friday, but also making it compulsory that your child to attend school on Saturdays, Sundays, half-terms and holidays.
‘We will review this in 2025, and hopefully your child will be back at the level of education we expect. Your sincerely, Boris Johnson.’
‘So I have to go school every weekend?’, a confused Hollie asked her mother, with the Britain’s Got Talent judge repeating: ‘Starting from September, you go to school with no breaks.’
Different reactions: ‘So I have to go school every weekend?’, a confused Hollie asked her mother, while Lexi claimed she wasn’t ‘bothered’ by the news
Lexi appeared briefly unfazed by the message as she said: ‘What about Christmas Day? It doesn’t not bother me!’, before realising: ‘It’s not that bad… wait, no summer holidays?’
‘Yes! That’s what I’m saying. No summer holidays, no Easter, no half-term’, media personality Amanda said, with an upset Hollie slamming the kitchen door.
The amused star captioned her post: ‘Yesterday… When the #Boris sends mummy an official letter about new school hours …#AprilFools.’ [sic]
Since school closed, many celebrities have taken on the role of teachers as they educate their children at home.
Last week, Boris ordered the immediate closure of all non-essential shops and threatened people with fines or even arrest if they do not ‘stay at home’ amid the global crisis.
The shutdown will last for a minimum of three weeks and the UK’s new state of emergency is unprecedented in modern history.
Gatherings of more than two people have been banned in the most dramatic curbs on freedom ever seen in Britain in time of peace or war, as the government goes all out to stop the spread of the killer disease, which has claimed nearly 3,000 lives.
Outraged: ‘Yes! That’s what I’m saying. No summer holidays, no Easter, no half-term’, media personality Amanda said, with an upset Hollie slamming the kitchen door