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The ‘Punk’d’ Prank That Backfired So Hard Zach Braff Punched a 12-Year-Old

The ‘Scrubs’ star wasn’t happy about what Ashton Kutcher and his crew had in store for him back in 2005

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Ashton Kutcher’s hidden camera prank show Punk’d originally ran on MTV from 2003 to 2007. During that time, Kutcher and his crew pulled elaborate practical jokes on many celebrities, successfully fooling everyone from Justin Timberlake to Katie Holmes to Bernie Mac. But when you go to great lengths to mess with people, it stands to reason that not every prank will work out as planned. As a result, the showrunners ended up with plenty of footage that didn’t make it to air over the years.

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