Actor and activist George Takei trolled the Internet on Friday night claiming he was planning on challenging House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) in 2018 — only to admit hours later that it was an April Fool’s joke.

Late Friday, the former Star Trek star announced on Twitter, “Well, the cat’s out of the bag it seems. Let’s do this!” followed by “#Takei2018” and a link to an interview where he stated that he and his partner were moving into Nunes’ district so he could challenge him for his seat in Congress.

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“Well, I guess the jig is up,” said in an interview at the link.”With what is going on now in the country, I couldn’t stand by any longer merely as a citizen. I knew I had to take a bigger stand. So that’s why I’m running for Congress. My hope is to challenge Davin [sic] Nunes for his seat in 2018.”

Later, Takei admitted the story was a “gotcha,” tweeting, “No, I’m not running for Congress. Happy 4/1!” with an endorsement for Democrat Jon Ossoff.

You can see both tweets below:

Well, the cat’s out of the bag it seems. Let’s do this! #Takei2018 https://t.co/Wf7qvV1eXj — George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) April 1, 2017

No, I’m not running for Congress. Happy 4/1! But Jon Ossoff is on 4/18. Help him win at https://t.co/ctCcRiYcdL. Let’s flip Congress in ’18 pic.twitter.com/41uj6l3yt7 — George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) April 1, 2017