Tuesday February 2, 2010

ZAC Efron has been busy punking the paparazzi!

While out jogging around Runyon Canyon in Los Angeles, the High School Musical star found himself surrounded by a group of snap happy celebrity photographers.

So he stopped dead in his tracks, waved at another runner just disappearing over the hilltop and yelled, “Hey, Robert… ROBERT!”

Laughing as the puzzled paparazzi looked at the disappearing figure, he said: “You guys are taking pictures of me? You just missed ROBERT PATTINSON.”

The photogs then bolted in search of “Pattinson”.

“When they caught up to the the runner and saw they’d been duped, the photographers ran back for Zac — but he’d hopped in his car and split,” a source told American tabloid the National Enquirer.

Efron — who’s dating former costar Vanessa Hudgens — revealed last year that he “can’t handle” the paparazzi.

“To be honest, I can’t handle the paparazzi,” he revealed. “They’re everywhere. One of them was in a dumpster trying to take my photo the other day. It was crazy!

“Another time, one was hanging off the back of a pick-up truck driving down a road. They think they’re being clever, but they’re not.

“I’d love to take a year off and travel the world under the radar. I would love to do it really low-key.

“I wouldn’t need to stay in fancy hotels or anything; I just want to explore – but I don’t know how I’d do it. Maybe I’d shave my head to try and go incognito? Yeah, that’s what I’d do.”

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