20 Hilarious Times Someone’s Massive Ego Was Deflated

We’ve all encountered someone whose ego needed to be taken down a peg. For some of us, it’s a neighbor we have a weirdly aggressive relationship with, and for others, it’s… David Copperfield. 

A Redditor told the story of the time his ex-girlfriend was a hostess at an upscale restaurant, and she heard a voice requesting a table for eight. Without looking up, she said it would be at least a 90-minute wait. “But I’m David Copperfield,” the voice protested. 

“Then maybe you can make a table appear,” she replied. 

When she looked up, she saw that it actually was David Copperfield, but he didn’t magically make a table appear, and neither did she. 

Other Redditors have remembered the times they watched a massive ego deflate like a giant balloon, and these are the kinds of satisfying moments we should all get to experience.