"Celebrity slid into my DMs" is one of the most-engaged Instagram parody formats. The bit is always obvious — nobody believes a real celebrity actually messaged the user — but the joke is in committing to the fiction fully.
This template uses the standard structure: a flattering opener, a compliment, the recipient's stunned disbelief, the celebrity's casual confirmation, an invitation. The lowercase typing and casual phrasing sell that the "celebrity" is texting like a normal person.
Important: when you build the screenshot, don't use a real celebrity's actual handle — that can cross into impersonation territory legally. A made-up handle that's "celebrity-adjacent" (lowercased first name, a number, or a creative spelling) keeps the parody clearly fictional. For the full legal picture, see our [is making a fake Instagram DM illegal](/blog/is-making-fake-instagram-dm-illegal) guide.
Use this template
Open the Instagram DM editor — you can swap the names, times and messages, then download a clean PNG with no watermark. For parody and content only.
Open in Instagram DM editor →