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"Woof.\r\nIn a stunt for 92.3&amp;apos;s Rollin&amp;apos; Radio program, Nick Cannon pretended to attach approximately 50 balloons to cohost Sarah Lee&amp;apos;s Pomeranian Charlie Roo on Thursday. Shortly after the incident, Cannon claimed that Charlie Roo had flown away and was missing.\r\nThankfully, Cannon&amp;apos;s stunt was a hoax. Although Rollin&amp;apos;s website said the prank went &amp;quot;a little too far&amp;quot; and pleaded to fans to &amp;quot;help find&amp;quot; Charlie Roo, Cannon released a video explaining that Lee&amp;apos;s puppy was perfectly fine.&amp;#xA0;\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;I won a bet with Sarah Lee, and I&amp;apos;m about to play the meanest joke on her ever,&amp;quot; Cannon, 31, explained in a clip shot prior to the incident. &amp;quot;This whole time I&amp;apos;ve been acting like I don&amp;apos;t like dogs, but I really love dogs. I&amp;apos;m a dog person&amp;#x2026; But I&amp;apos;m pretending that I want to float Charlie Roo with balloons!&amp;quot;&amp;#xA0;\r\n&amp;quot;I&amp;apos;m not really gonna float a dog,&amp;quot; Mariah Carey&amp;apos;s hubby clarified. &amp;quot;I&amp;apos;m gonna float a stuffed animal that looks just like Charlie Roo. If you happen to find the fake Charlie Roo, attached to it, there&amp;apos;ll be some Katy Perry tickets.&amp;quot;&amp;#xA0;\r\n\r\nCannon then tied a small stuffed animal in a pink coat to approximately fifty balloons and videotaped the incident. He then went along with the joke on Twitter, telling fans: &amp;quot;I think I might be getting fired. Radio gone seriously wrong&amp;#x2026; People are acting like I&amp;apos;m [Michael] Vick. I apologize. Now get over it.&amp;quot;\r\nFortunately the real Charlie Roo was put in &amp;quot;a nice, safe place,&amp;quot; while the lookalike stuffed animal was flown away. Even before Cannon released a video confirming the incident was a joke and no dogs were endangered, PETA suspected the America&amp;apos;s Got Talent host was kidding around.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;If bad taste were a crime, we&amp;apos;d be going to jail with Nick,&amp;quot; the animal rights&amp;apos; organization said in a statement. &amp;quot;But joking about killing a dog, a kid, an old person -- anyone -- isn&amp;apos;t cool when there&amp;apos;s always the danger that some numbskull will do it for real.&amp;quot;\r\n&amp;quot;Had it been true, Nick would have PETA to worry about,&amp;quot; the statement continued. &amp;quot;And that&amp;apos;s far worse than going to Rikers Island [prison].&amp;quot;\r\nCannon&amp;apos;s rep told Us he will address the situation on 92.3&amp;apos;s Rollin&amp;apos; on Friday."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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