14 lifeguards fired after making racy Gangnam Style spoof music video copying the Korean rapper's hilarious dance moves



With synchronized swimming, complicated choreography and tireless hip-thrusting, a group of lifeguards clearly put a lot of work into a spoof video of a Korean rapper’s music video.



But their bosses did not appreciate their efforts and all 14 lifeguards were fired from a city pool in El Monte, California on Wednesday.



Titled Lifeguard Style, the two-minute video is a parody of pop star Psy’s Gangnam Style music video, which has been the unexpected internet sensation of the summer.



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Spoof: Fourteen Californian lifeguards who were fired from a city pool in El Monte, California, after making a racy parody of a pop song have been rehired

Rocking it: Titled Lifeguard Style, the two-minute video is a parody of pop star Psy¿s Gangnam Style music video

In the hilarious spoof, red swimsuit-clad lifeguards and their young male colleagues strut their stuff, mimic Psy's dance moves and rub sun cream into each other.

One clip in the YouTube video shows a man straddling another (male) lifeguard in an elevator while giving some impressive hip thrusts.



But rather than being amused or entertained by the film, the lifeguards’ superiors 'said the entire video was inappropriate and disgusting,' fired lifeguard Gabriel Gonzalez told NBC.

The city claim that the group were fired for using city property, the pool and their uniforms, for private use.



All but one of the lifeguards are college students who were working at the pool to raise money before going back to school.

Disgusting? Rather than being amused or entertained by the film, bosses said the entire video was inappropriate and disgusting, according to a fired lifeguard

Goofing around: All but one of the lifeguards are college students who were working at the pool to raise money before going back to school

Desperate for their jobs back, the group have set up a Facebook page 'Bring Back The El Monte Aquatic Center 14,' which has attracted 584 fans and have got almost as many signatures on a petitions.



'We just felt it was really unfair and not really grounds for termination,' former lifeguard Alexander Huerta told CBS.

While the Californian lifeguards’ jobs may be on shaky grounds, Psy’s music career is going from strength to strength.



His music video, in which he performs his now signature horse riding move, became an internet hit attracting 117 million on YouTube since its July release and Psy recently attended the VMA's.



Psy - real name Park Jae Sung - was the first Korean artist to be invited to the industry event since 2005.



His undeniably catchy song was meant as a commentary on the rampant materialism and emphasis on appearance of today's South Korea - particularly in relation to Gangnam, which Psy terms Seoul's Beverly Hills.

While Psy has won millions of YouTube hits, the lifeguards' spoof video has impressively garnered more than 74,000.



Star: Psy performs some of his famous moves at the VMA's in L.A. on September 6 and host Kevin Hart cannot help joining in

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