[NOISE] Yeah, what you
were just watching was
a man crash his own funeral and
really threw everybody for
a loop because they
thought he was dead.
It was all part of the dead man David Baertor's plan.
But why did he do it?
Well, the Independent has the deeds.
David Baerten, 45, claimed he carried out the elaborate prank to teach members of
his family a lesson about the important of staying in touch with one another.
Baerten said that he orchestrated the stunt because he felt underappreciated
by some of his relatives.
What I see in my family often hurts me, I never get invited to anything.
Nobody sees me.
We all grew apart.
I felt underappreciated.
That's why I wanted to give them a life lesson and
show them that you shouldn't wait until someone is dead to meet up with them.
Yeah, here is this dude.
Yeah, this dude that no one wanted to invite or have around.
Apparently, he orchestrated this plan with the help of some of his family who
didn't make him feel underappreciated, including his daughter,
who had posted this to Facebook.
Rest in peace, Daddy.
I will never stop thinking about you.
Why is life so unfair?
Why you?
You were going to be a grandfather, and
you still had your whole life ahead of you.
I love you.
We love you.
We will never forget you.
Yeah, that daughter was in on the prank.
So some were emotionally moved by the TikToker's antics, but
others said it was completely cruel, narcissistic,
and absolutely unforgivable as far as I'm concerned.
And of course, the others might have been me, but
I'm sure there are other people out there.
Well, why Baerten acknowledged that he caused pain to some people and
said he would undo the whole thing if he could.
Well, as soon as I started receiving messages from people and videos of them
crying, I wish I could cancel the whole thing, but it was too late.
I asked myself, what have you done this?
But it was too late.
At the end of the day, Baerten says he succeeded in his effort.
Baerten has claimed some loved ones have been reaching out to him since the prank,
adding, it proves who really cares about me.
Those who didn't come did contact me to meet up.
So in a way, I did win.
Okay, bitch number one.
You trying to say win, lose over faking your death?
Are you out of your mind?
Also, these people don't want to spend time with you, and there was a reason for
it because you engage in these narcissistic, pathetic antics.
Also, it's a two way street.
Why weren't you hitting them up?
You have text, you could do it.
This is so sadistic and absolutely disgusting.
I really think that any family members are reaching out to you now because they
realize that you are mentally unstable.
But then again, maybe those are just my thoughts.
Benny. >> How many tens of thousands of dollars
did this guy spend on this bit, right?
If you want your family to pay attention to you and you got that much money,
I don't know, hold a pool party, invite everybody to go to the beach and pay for
their flights.
There are so many other things you do before.
Maybe I should fake my own death for attention.
My God, what compels you to do this?
And also, I feel like the people that were supporting him probably should
have convinced them to do literally anything else.
I mean, I don't know,
men will literally fake their own deaths instead of going to therapy.
Come on, what is this?
>> [LAUGH] >> Exactly, fake their own death or
spend billions of dollars on buying Twitter?
But it's a problem either way.
Trae?
>> Yeah, the same members of his family, if they have anything to do with him
after this, we're never gonna let him live this down or Thanksgiving or
whatever, he gets mad cuz somebody's interrupting him, and they're like, well,
what are you going to do, Dan?
Fake your own death again, why don't you do it for real this time, buddy,
this isn't a thing that goes away.
You guys said it's for attention, 100% it's not just the attention of his family,
it's the attention of everybody, he did this for content, right?
I think it goes beyond just, my family doesn't talk to me more.
Although I completely agree with you, Adrienne.
If I was his family, I wouldn't want to have anything to do with him either,
he's got to be super annoying.
If this is any indication of how he lives his day to day life, he did this for
content, attention of the world at large.
Gotta have the likes, gotta have the virtual attention.
I mean, social media is just a disease.
Having said that,
please follow me @TraeCrowder on Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook and YouTube.
But yeah, it's a shame what it's done to society.
>> No, and the thing that also really hit me is the fact that he's like the moment
I saw people crying and posting messages, I realized this was wrong.
Really, really, it took that moment to realize that people would be sad.
But also too, people have their own lives, so if they're not reaching out because you
are a sadistic narcissist, it's like they may be doing other things.
And also, the thing also that gets me is why not just make friends,
build your own family?
Why do you feel you are entitled to the attention of people who happen to simply
share your bloodline?
And I really hope they don't share your hairline because you are as bald as you
are foolish.
Did you all have any last words, Benny or Trae?
>> Yeah, I mean, I think just like, ultimately, we really need to ask
the question of why exactly did they not wanna hang out with this guy?
And I think it really speaks for itself because you're the type of person that
would rather manipulate people instead of having a conversation with them to
sit down and be like, hey, am I being really annoying or something?
I don't know, it's just really wild and
it's ridiculous to spend this much money on a bit.
And he probably should have spent that money literally anywhere else to maybe, I
mean, honestly, you can just stop talking to your family, that is an option, right?
There is always the option of just stopping talking to your family and
find people who do actually wanna hang out with you.
And that costs way less than renting a helicopter and faking a funeral.
>> Yeah, also, one part of it was the article said something like,
he only allowed his children to believe he was really dead for a couple of days.
It's like, well, never mind then.
But as a father, that is so insane.
That's like narcissist, almost sociopathic how crazy that is.
It's like, dude, your kids are getting older and drifting away from you.
Just put on cats in the cradle like most of us do, okay?
Have a couple of beers, get over it.
Rent a helicopter and fake your own death, you freaking maniac.
But yeah, it's a very 2023 story, though.
>> You know what would have been funny, though, if one of them kids was out here
celebrating, didn't show up, but was the first one of the will reading.
>> [LAUGH] >> It would have been completely justified
as far as I'm concerned.