New Zealand comedian Melanie Bracewell reminds those affected by COVID-19 to check on their neighbours in a HILARIOUS viral skit
Comedian Melanie Bracewell is using humour to remind those affected by COVID-19 to check up on their neighbours during lockdown.
The New Zealander, 25, took to Instagram this week to share a hilarious skit of herself checking in with the woman who lives next door.
‘So I’m pretty sure my neighbour is a lady that lives alone,’ she captioned the first part of her video, where she is seen pointing the camera’s lens toward her window.
Caring: Comedian Melanie Bracewell, 25, took to Instagram this week to remind followers to check in with their neighbours during lockdown. She shared a hilarious skit of her reaching out to the woman who lived next door, which she believed lived alone
‘So I decided to write her a sign… To see if she’s doing OK during isolation.’
Armed with a permanent marker and large brown paper bag, the comic scribbled down a heart-warming message, telling for her neighbour to reach out if she needed anything.
‘I hope you’re OK. Let me know if you need anything,’ Melanie’s message read.
She then proceeded to stick it to the outside of her house, in clear view of her neighbour’s window.
‘So I’m pretty sure my neighbour is a lady that lives alone,’ Melanie (pictured) captioned the first part of her video, where she is seen pointing the camera’s lens toward her window. ‘So I decided to write her a sign… To see if she’s doing OK during isolation’
What she did: Armed with a permanent marker and large brown paper bag, the comic scribbled down a heart-warming message, telling for her neighbour to reach out if she needed anything
The woman living next door was then spotted stepping into frame – inside her house – and walking over to the window to post a note of her own.
‘F**k off!’ the neighbour’s response read.
Melanie’s post sent social media into a tailspin, with more than a thousand people – including the likes of singer Dannii Minogue – commenting on the Instagram post in hysterics.
‘I hope you’re OK. Let me know if you need anything: Melanie proceeded to stick it to her message to the outside of her house, in clear view of her neighbour’s window
The video also went viral on TikTok – attracting 1.1million likes, 31,400 comments and 193,800 shares.
‘I don’t know what I love more – your innocent face while doing your sweet message of support of your neighbour not looking out the window while placing her well meaning reply,’ one wrote.
‘Watched this one the other day cos I have it saved from last year. I howl every time,’ another commented.
Not the reaction anybody expected: The woman living next door was then spotted stepping into frame – inside her house – and walking over to the window to post a note of her own. ‘F**k off!’ the neighbour’s response read