Ashton Kutcher has a lot to answer for. If I was this guy I’d sue him for emotional distress after this prank.

This video shows a basketball fan being pranked into believing he’d won $1 million for scoring a half-court shot. He hadn’t, it was merely a way of entertaining the crowd at the Thanksgiving game between the Utah Jazz and the Chicago Bulls.

This isn’t an official Punked prank but it’s clearly inspired by that show. And in the same way I find that show uninspired, unfunny, and at time cruel, so I find this prank the same.

If it’s celebrities being pranked then that’s kind of acceptable. But the victim here is an ordinary guy who for about a minute gets tricked into believing he’s won a million bucks. That’s harsh beyond belief.