Gerard Pique's announcement of 'baby boy's arrival' is revealed as 'Dia de los Inocentes' prank

It's a funny thing to joke about.

Yesterday, the internet was ablaze with reports that Shakira had welcomed a son with partner Gerard Piqué after he Tweeted the 'happy news' in Spanish.

Gerard seemed to confess his joke just hours after the initial posting.

However, later on Thursday, the 25-year-old wrote: 'It has a name! His name is Innocent! Happy Holy Innocents Day to all!'
Shakira, 35, herself did not comment.

Only days before Christmas, Shakira was pictured looking heavily pregnant shopping for gifts in Barcelona.

She is thought to have been due to give birth early next month.

This is the first child for the Addicted To You singer, who emerged on the Colombian and Latin America music scene in the 1990s before making it big among the English-speaking crowd in the U.S. and Europe in the early Noughties.

Shakira announced the pregnancy in mid-September on her blog.

The couple confirmed previously they were expecting a son, even sharing an ultrasound image of the child.

But Piqué said they had not picked a name for their firstborn.