{"id":4298,"date":"2025-07-06T22:26:13","date_gmt":"2025-07-06T22:26:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/?p=4298"},"modified":"2025-07-06T22:26:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-06T22:26:13","slug":"adam-levine-reveals-blake-shelton-pranked-him-into-buying-a-5000-teacup-pig","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/?p=4298","title":{"rendered":"Adam Levine Reveals Blake Shelton Pranked Him Into Buying a $5,000 \u2018Teacup Pig\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a hilarious revelation on the latest episode of\u00a0<em>Hot Ones<\/em>, Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine shared the story of a pricey prank pulled by his former\u00a0<em>The Voice<\/em>\u00a0co-judge Blake Shelton\u2014tricking him into buying a so-called \u201cteacup pig\u201d for $5,000.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-11\"><\/div>\n<p>Levine explained that his then-girlfriend (now wife), Behati Prinsloo, had expressed a desire for a teacup pig. Naturally, Levine turned to Shelton for advice. \u201cI asked Blake, \u2018What\u2019s a teacup pig?\u2019\u201d Levine recalled. Shelton responded, \u201cI\u2019ll get you a teacup pig. Yeah, give me five grand.\u201d Trusting his friend, Levine handed over the cash.<\/p>\n<p>But the pig turned out to be anything but the tiny companion Levine had imagined. The couple kept the noisy little piglet for about three weeks before deciding they weren\u2019t cut out for pig parents and rehomed it to a young girl on a farm. \u201cWe\u2019re like, \u2018Send us pictures! We can\u2019t wait to not be responsible for this animal anymore! Just show us pictures!\u2019\u201d Levine said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-10\"><\/div>\n<p>Six months later, the pictures arrived\u2014and the pig had ballooned to a whopping 400 pounds. \u201cI\u2019m like, \u2018Dude, what if this animal had grown to be this big in my house?!\u2019\u201d Levine joked.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\"><\/div>\n<p>When confronted, Shelton didn\u2019t deny the prank. \u201cI\u2019m just like, \u2018Blake, bro, $5,000 for a pig that wasn\u2019t a micro pig?\u2019\u201d Levine laughed. Shelton\u2019s blunt reply: \u201cYou\u2019re an idiot! There\u2019s no such thing as f\u2014ing teacup pigs, you dumbass!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To add insult to injury, Shelton refused to return the money. \u201cHe\u2019s like, \u2018No!\u2019\u201d Levine shared, leaving fans in stitches over the prank\u2019s boldness.<\/p>\n<p>Shelton, who owns a ranch outside his music and TV career, was technically right\u2014\u201cteacup pigs\u201d are a myth. According to PETA, these pigs are actually potbellied pigs misrepresented as tiny pets, but they can grow well over 100 pounds, far larger than most buyers expect.<\/p>\n<p>Levine and Shelton\u2019s long-standing friendship and friendly rivalry played out over more than 16 seasons of\u00a0<em>The Voice<\/em>\u00a0before Levine\u2019s departure in 2019. Levine made a return for the show\u2019s 27th season earlier this year, while Shelton left after season 23 in 2023. Shelton is now producing CBS\u2019 upcoming country music competition\u00a0<em>The Road<\/em>, set to premiere this fall.<\/p>\n<p>This pig prank is just another chapter in the playful, sometimes mischievous, dynamic between two of reality TV\u2019s most beloved coaches.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a hilarious revelation on the latest episode of\u00a0Hot Ones, Maroon 5 frontman Adam Levine shared the story of a pricey prank pulled by his former\u00a0The Voice\u00a0co-judge&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4299,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4298","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4298"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4298\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4300,"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4298\/revisions\/4300"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4299"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grow24.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}