Two YouTube pranksters successfully pulled one over on everyone’s favorite Tiger King Netflix docu-series villain, Carole Baskin.
Josh Pieters and Archie Manners pretended to be producers for The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon and pulled clips of Fallow asking various questions about cats … that would not cause suspicion on Baskin’s part.
“Here’s a chance where we could perhaps interview some high level talent because we are going under the guise of being a really famous show. And we thought, why don’t we take a shot in the dark and go for the most exclusive, hard to reach person in the world, with absolutely no hope of it working?” Pieters told Insider, adding it took multiple attempts to finally get Baskin on board.
They told her she wouldn’t be able to see Fallon during the interview, being conducted via Zoom. While it was a great prank, it was relatively uneventful. Baskin didn’t say anything juicy or gossip-worthy, dang it!
Baskin told Us Weekly that she wasn’t upset by the prank and thought something was amiss during the interview.
“I was suspicious as we were doing it because the questions appeared taped. But had no idea it would turn out to be such a fun prank. It gave us a very welcome good laugh. I appreciate their cleverness and that they created their video in a way that I don’t feel was in any way mean-spirited,” she said.
Watch their interview with Baskin in the clip above.
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