Branded as the World’s Worst Gender Reveal, a couple from Texas decided to reveal the gender of their unborn baby by throwing a giant watermelon into the hippo’s mouth.

A clip of their gender reveal was shared on Twitter, a social media platform, and it showed Jonathan and Bridgette Joseph at the Capital of Texas Zoo in Austin.

The video shows the couple feeding watermelon to a pygmy hippopotamus.

As the pygmy hippo chew the watermelon, blue liquid came out of it and it confirmed that the couple is having a baby boy.

In the video, you could hear Jonathan, the father of the baby, screaming “YES! YES! Thank God!”

Ana Breton, a filmmaker, saw the video and decided to share it on Twitter.

I did it. I found the worst gender reveal. pic.twitter.com/37b5GkrTbN

— Ana Bretón (@missbreton) September 21, 2019

Breton said, “I did it. I found the worst gender reveal.”

The currently has over 35,000 retweets, 185,000 likes, and over 8.1 million views.

Bridgette, the mother, released a statement about the gender reveal after receiving backlash for their doings.

Bridgette explained, “This was one of the happiest days of our lives. With the help of the zoo and the amazing Tank the hippo, we learned that we are having a baby boy. After many years of raising our beautiful young lady, we decided to try for another baby. It took some time and some extra money in fertility treatments, but we finally got pregnant!”

She added, “We would have been over the moon just the same to have another girl, but would have had to keep trying for a boy, and it could have got very expensive.   I want to experience the mother-son relationship so badly. I am filled with joy to learn that we got out baby boy! Can’t wait to meet him.”

She continued, “Also, for anyone that is concerned for the hippo and his well-being, he has been hand raised by his amazing owner, who assisted us in feeding him only food that is safe for him to consume… organic Jell-O inside the watermelon… and yes, Tank was more than happy to have the treat.”

What do you think? Was it right for the couple to include the hippo in the gender reveal?

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