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Doorbell Cam Hilariously Captures Mom Desperately Trying To Stop Massive Inflatable Pumpkin From Blowing Away
The two-story decoration became an even more enviable find once it attempted to "defy gravity" on a particularly windy afternoon, which was where the hilarious chaos began at the Morgan house.
Captured on their doorbell camera footage, Morgan shared a video to her Instagram page, which began with her holding her phone to one ear and cupping her hand over the other, trying to hear her husband's responses while their behemoth of a pumpkin rolled across their driveway.
Morgan shouted against the wind:
"Ah! What do I do?!"
"What do I do about the pumpkin? Should I unplug it?! Ahh!"
But Morgan's husband didn't have time to reply as his wife took action, shouting at him to "just come home" and racing across the yard to the inflatable that was so big, she looked hopelessly small next to it, trying to grab at it to stop it.
While she was trying to stop this thing with her whole body, Morgan's four-year-old son, Leopold, ran out, shouting:
"Don't worry, Mom! I'm going to help!"
But just as quickly, a massive gust of wind blew through, scaring the little boy, and he shrieked before running back inside.
Later, Morgan's seven-year-old son, Lennon, tried to help, too, in the form of Halloween shrieks and frights.
In the meantime, Chris Morgan's voice could periodically be heard through the wind, trying to instruct his family to unplug the pumpkin, so it could deflate and stop rolling, but his sound advice was lost in the gusts.
Morgan eventually figured it out, putting a storybook ending on the chaos. She managed to grab just enough of the pumpkin material to sit on, so it wouldn't be lifted away as it deflated.
And as if this wasn't already something that Morgan would remember forever, her seven-year-old broke out his iPad and offered:
"Let me just take a picture of you!"
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Reflecting on the incident with People, Kate Morgan laughed:
"We definitely panicked."
"I thought, this thing is going to take down our entire neighborhood, the elderly, everyone! That pumpkin is taller than our house!"
"For a nanosecond, I actually lifted off. I looked at the kids and said, 'If I take off into the sky, call Grandma!'"
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Fellow Instagrammers were left tickled and cackling like witches over the doorbell cam footage.
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This is one of those hilarious stories that could easily be relived year after year, making the mom and the inflatable pumpkin the stuff of legend.
Depending on the quality of Lennon's iPad photos, one of those bad boys should be blown up, framed, and hung above the family couch as a central Halloween decoration. What a sight that would be!
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Model Winnie Harlow Responds To Backlash Over Her Whitney Houston Halloween Look
For her costume, Harlow chose to recreate Houston's appearance at the 2001 BET Awards, a moment that generated tons of speculation about Houston's drug use, which she subsequently admitted to the following year.
Everything about Houston's speech at the podium was dissected at the time, from her rail-thin appearance and profuse sweating to her erratic demeanor.
The clip of Houston's speech has long been a meme as well, because whatever may have underpinned it, it is inarguably funny.
Houston's zany take on an acceptance speech had the crowd at the BET Awards guffawing too, especially the moment when she responded to someone calling out to her from the crowd by quoting the Snoop Dogg song "Lay Low."
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Harlow faithfully recreated every aspect of Houston's speech, from her costume, which is nearly an exact dupe of Houston's own slightly disheveled look, to her mannerisms and facial expressions.
And that, for many people, was precisely the problem.
Because it's hard to argue that Houston's BET appearance wasn't one of the lower points of her career that in hindsight seemed to have been the first chapter in her long decline.
The following year, Houston responded to the scrutiny by admitting to using alcohol, marijuana and cocaine in the infamous interview in which she told Diane Sawyer "crack is whack" and "I want to see the receipts" proving she had ever purchased the drug (and sparking an internet catchphrase that exists to this day in the process).
That interview did little to quell the speculation, nor did the Bravo reality show about her husband, Being Bobby Brown, which all but confirmed the couple's, and especially Houston's, problems with drugs when it debuted in 2005.
Along the way, Houston's voice appeared to have become severely damaged, with long-term drug use said to be among the causes.
She staged a comeback with the 2009 album I Look To You, but it would be her last. Houston passed away in 2012 of an accidental drowning at the Beverly Hilton, which was attributed to a combination of heart disease and cocaine use.
Harlow's costume, which recreated the moment when it became unavoidably clear that Houston was in trouble, struck many as insensitive, with fans criticizing her for choosing one of Houston's low points instead of her innumerable career and creative highs.
Harlow, however, had a very different take.
In an Instagram Story, she explained at length what Houston means to her and especially her mother, who is such a diehard fan of the singer she named Harlow after her.
Harlow wrote that she didn't see the BET Awards appearance as a nadir of Houston's but rather an example of Houston's beloved personality.
"That clip has always been one of my favorites. She was radiant, funny, confident, and captivating. She was being awarded."
"The way she moved across that stage with flair and swag? Iconic."
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Harlow went on to say:
"People are more than headlines. A woman who could command a room, make you laugh & carry herself like royalty."
"If all you see when you see Whitney are her struggles, you're missing her charisma, humor, talent, personality, & wit. She was hilarious & magnetic."
"THAT is and what should always be highlighted. The light that made us all love her attention to positivity."
On social media, many sided with Harlow after her explanation and felt those angry about it were being too sensitive.
But others felt Harlow's response rang hollow.
Whether this costume was a misstep or not, Harlow's love of Houston is clear. She also recreated several of Houston's other iconic moments in other Halloween costumes this year, none of which were controversial.
