Joaquin Phoenix and his brother-in-law, Casey Affleck, hosted a night at LAVO nightclub January 16th. It was a big bomb and Joaquin fell off the stage. Since that day people have been buzzing that may be it was just all fake and he hasn’t totally lost his mind.

Now new reports are saying that it is just a hoax between him and Casey.

“He said, ‘It’s a put-on. I’m going to pretend to have a meltdown and change careers, and Casey is going to film it,’�” a source [says].

“It’s an art project for him,” says the other source. “He’s going full out. He probably has told his reps that he’s quit acting. Joaquin is very smart. This is very conscious. He has a huge degree of control.”

Now, in these pictures you can see Casey filming it and looking like it’s more like work than having fun with his brother-in-law. What do you think? Real or a hoax?

[Images by WENN]

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