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Justin Bieber is well known as a celebrity prankster but his most recent stunt was out there even by his standards. Last week the world was gripped by news that his laptop had been stolen and that there were images and videos of a personal nature threatening to be leaked. An anonymous Twitter troll @gexwy was taunting Biebs by releasing a couple of short vids clearly showing the pintsize popstars personal life and promising to release more. On top of it all there was a naked photo purporting to be Biebs doing the rounds, another file purportedly stolen from the missing laptop. We were all on the edge of our seats to find out what would happen next... Except all we got was the release of Bieber's latest video featuring Nicki Minaj... Turns out the whole thing had been a clever prank on the planet to promote his latest collaboration. We commend his pranking skills, but also find the whole affair more than a little irritating....

Photo by Getty Images Oct 16, 2012