United Kingdom, April 21 -- Will Forte pretended he'd taken his own life to "prank" his mom when he was 14.

The former 'Saturday Night Live' star admitted the gag was an "awful" thing to do and he instantly regretted his actions when he heard his mother let out a scream of devastation.

Asked the best prank he had pulled on his parents, he told 'Hot Ones' host Sean Evans: "I have an awful one. Ugh. I'm not even going to tell it."

After some urging from the host, he said: "It's awful. It's horrible. You'll see why. Please feel free to cut this out.

"I saw my mom driving in the neighbourhood and I was like, 'Oh, this'll be funny.' I wrote on a piece of paper, I'm like, 'I'm so sorry, Mom.' And then left that at the front door and then la...