A pair of YouTubers from the U.K. have incredibly pranked Tiger King's Carole Baskin into giving her first major interview by pretending to be Jimmy Falon.
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Carole Baskin is perhaps the most talked-about woman in the world right now...
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Netflix's docuseries, Tiger King gave us a majestic insight into the captivity of big cats here in America.
But it wasn't just about the tigers and lions...
There was a lot of drama over the years...
Who knew there was such a large cult of exotic animal hoarders in the US?
But people seem to be forgetting that this is based on real-life...
And last year, things took a turn for the worst.
He hired a hitman to take Carole out whilst she was biking down a deserted bike path...
Many viewers believe that Joe belongs in prison after his alarming behavior...
But through all of the jokes and laughs...
So, what are the facts?
The self-made millionaire had helped Carole transform their forty acres of Florida land into the animal sanctuary it is today.
Rumors quickly began circulating that she murdered him and fed him to the tigers.
It was reported that 2 months before he went missing, Don tried to take out a restraining order against Carole, claiming she’d threatened to shoot him.
5 years after Don went missing, Carole had him legally declared dead...
Don's disappearance is still an active cold case...
And the Hillsborough County Sheriff, Chad Chronister, wants fans of the show to help crack it. "I figured it was time to use the popularity of the show to see if anyone wanted to come forward with new leads."Since the show aired on Netflix...
Carole spoke out about the ordeal recently...
And when reality star turned lawyer Kim Kardashian tweeted about the ordeal...
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She has characterized such talk as the "most ludicrous of all the lies."
Even though Carole's comments seemed to be legit...
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Of course, Carole has been very particular around who she will speak to in the media...
Carole gave her first-ever interview since the whole Tiger King drama last week...
But little did she know that it was one huge prank by YouTubers, Josh Pieters and Archie Manners.Josh and Archie are both very well known amongst the YouTube community...
And the pair, who are from London, have made quite a name for themselves as pranksters of the rich and famous.And their most recent prank was very adventurous.
Josh and Archie have been working on a series during the lockdown that shows celebrities thinking they are taking part in Zoom calls with famous chat show hosts...
And they were intrigued to see if they could pull off the stunt with just voice recordings taken from YouTube.After experimenting with a few reality-show celebrities...
The YouTubers decided to reach for the stars. "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," Josh told Insider, "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?"They sent Carole Baskin an email from their trusty fake-but-also-real production company Invisible Objects...
They then had to figure out how they would fake the presence of Jimmy Fallon...
The way they prepared for Baskin's interview was by scouring Fallon's older videos for relevant sound bites.
The pair even sent a very realistic release form to Carole's husband (and lawyer) Howard...
And when the day arrived...
This officially was Carole's first exclusive interview...
Josh and Archie didn't want to be malicious, however...
"We always try to give people a bit of a chance."
But it has emerged that since the interview took place, Carole had her suspicions before it went viral.
Carole appreciated the boys' kindness towards her...
"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."