AJ & Free Confirm ‘106 & Park’ Reboot Was “April Fool’s Joke” #ICYMI

Yesterday, AJ Calloway – original host of BET’s defunct daily video countdown show ‘106 & Park’ – took to Instagram to stir up frenzied hype around news the show was due to return for a spinoff.

Even tapping Kelly Rowland to get in on the action, Calloway served up an oddly timed announcement (as yesterday was ‘April Fools’ Day) to share reports around the show’s reboot which, according to him, would also feature a reunion with the show’s other original host – Free.

Well, as the age old adage goes: “things are often as they seem.”

For, while there were some who rejoiced at the news, many of the TV personality’s followers immediately clocked the announcement was a very poor ‘April Fools’ joke…and they were right:

Last night, AJ uploaded the following:

#Omar setting the record straight on this #106andParkAfterDark saga! #WhatsToday

A video posted by AJCalloway (@ajcalloway) on Apr 1, 2016 at 7:15pm PDT

Free took to Twitter to confirm: